FARO Technologies Invites You to Join Its Third Quarter 2005 Conference Call on the Web

LAKE MARY, Fla., Oct 26, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc. (FARO) today announced that it will release financial results for its third quarter ended October 1, 2005 on Thursday, November 3, 2005, after the markets close. In conjunction with FARO's Third Quarter, you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Friday, November 4, 2005, at 11:00 a.m. ET with Simon Raab, Chairman and CEO, Jay Freeland, President and COO, and Barbara Smith, CFO, of FARO Technologies (Nasdaq: FARO).

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    What:     FARO Technologies Third Quarter Earnings Release Conference Call

    When:     Friday, November 4, 2005 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 website: http://www.faro.com . Instructions follow.

    http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?p=irol-

eventDetails&c=99722&eventID=1151787 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: 800.540.0559 (domestic) or 785.832.1508 (international), Conference ID: FARO

Conference call replay available until February 4, 2006. The replay numbers are 800.945.0830 (domestic) and 402.220.0669 (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 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.

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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.