FARO Technologies Invites You to Join Its Second Quarter 2006 Conference Call on the Web

LAKE MARY, Fla., July 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc. (FARO) will announce financial results for its second quarter ended July 1, 2006, on August 3, 2006. In conjunction with FARO's Second Quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the internet on August 4, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. ET with Jay Freeland, President and Co-CEO, and Barbara Smith, CFO, of FARO Technologies (Nasdaq: FARO).

What: FARO Technologies Second Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call

When: Friday, August 4, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. ET

Where: When copying and pasting the URL below to access FARO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO) Conference Call, because some Internet sites show the address on two lines, the space will need to be removed. Alternately, one may access the call via FARO's web site http://www.faro.com. Instructions follow. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol- eventDetails&c=99722&eventID=1357908 or go on FARO Technologies web site http://www.faro.com, Company, Investor Relations, Conference Calls to obtain access to the conference call.

Dial-in Numbers: 800.905.0392(domestic) or 785.832.1508 (international). Conference ID: FARO

Conference Call Replay Available until November 4, 2006. The replay numbers are 888.274.8339 (domestic) and 402.220.2330 (international). No code needed.

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 3D 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 www.faro.com.

If you are unable to participate during the live web cast, the call will be archived on the web site http://www.faro.com.

SOURCE FARO Technologies, Inc.
/CONTACT: Sharon Trowbridge of FARO Technologies, Inc., +1-407-333-9911
/Web site: http://www.faro.com
(FARO)

"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.