FARO Technologies Invites You to Join Its Second Quarter 2004 Conference Call on the Web

LAKE MARY, Fla., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO) today announced that it will release financial results for its second quarter ended July 3, 2004 on Wednesday, August 4, 2004, prior to market open. In conjunction with FARO's second quarter, you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Wednesday, August 4, 2004, at 11:00 a.m. with Simon Raab, Chairman and CEO and Gregory Fraser, Executive Vice President of FARO Technologies.

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    What:  FARO Technologies Second Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call

    When:  Wednesday, August 4, 2004 at 11:00 a.m.

    Where:  http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz409192750gf12.html

    How:  Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the address
          above

    Contact:  Sharon Trowbridge, (407) 333.9911

FARO Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets software and portable, computerized measurement devices that allow manufacturers to perform 3-D inspections of parts and assemblies on the shop floor. This helps eliminate manufacturing errors, and thereby increases productivity and profitability for a variety of industries in FARO's worldwide customer base. Learn more at http://www.faro.com.

If you are unable to participate during the live webcast, the call will be archived on the Web site http://www.faro.com. The call will also be archived at http://www.prnewswire.com.

    (Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast: The Windows Media Player
software, downloadable free from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/EN/default.asp , or the Real
Player Software, downloadable free from
http://www.real.com/realone/index.html?lang=en&loc=us and at least a
28.8 Kbps connection to the Internet.)


    SOURCE  FARO Technologies, Inc.
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    /CONTACT:  Greg Fraser, Executive Vice President of FARO Technologies,
+1-407-333-9911, ext. 1140/
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    /Web site:  http://www.faro.com/
    /Audio:  http://www.firstcallevents.com/service/ajwz409192750gf12.html/
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"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding FARO Technologies Inc's business which are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see "Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report or Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year.