FARO Technologies To Webcast Fourth Quarter 2000 and Year End Earnings Conference Call

LAKE MARY, Fla., March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO) is scheduled to release Fourth Quarter 2000 and Year End Earnings Results March 13, 2001, after the market close. In addition, you are invited to join Simon Raab, Chairman and CEO, and Gregory Fraser, Executive Vice President and CFO, for the Company's Fourth Quarter 2000 and Year End Earnings conference call.

The Company will host a conference call and simultaneous webcast the morning of March 14 at 10:00 a.m. (EST). The live audio webcast can be accessed by logging onto http://www.videonewswire.com/FARO/031301/. Participants are requested to log on several minutes before the call begins to allow time to register and download any necessary software. You may also dial into the Conference Call domestically at (800) 233-2795 or internationally at (785) 832-1523, user code FARO. A replay of the audio webcast can be accessed by logging onto FARO's website from March 14 to April 10, 2001. A replay of the Conference Call will also be available through March 17, at (888) 567-0675 domestic or (402) 530-0417 international.

FARO Technologies and its international subsidiaries design, develop and market CAM2 systems and services for manufacturers of automotive, aerospace, industrial and consumer products worldwide. Principal products include the FaroArm, a six-degree-of-freedom articulating arm, the Control Station and a CAM2 family of advanced CAD-based measurement and reporting software. FARO products provide manufacturers the freedom to measure production parts or complex assemblies on the shop floor. FARO's customers benefit through improved productivity and enhanced product quality because of reduced rework and scrap within the manufacturing process. A recognized leader of dimensional quality control products worldwide, FARO Technologies is ISO 9001 certified and Guide 25 approved. See FARO online at www.faro.com.

The call will be archived on FARO's website at www.faro.com. To access the replay, click on the Investor Relations icon. The call will also be archived at www.prnewswire.com.

Minimum Requirements to listen to broadcast: The RealPlayer software, downloadable free from www.real.com/products/player/index.html, and at least a 14.4Kbps connection to the Internet. If you experience problems listening to the broadcast, send an email to webmaster@vdat.com.
SOURCE FARO Technologies, Inc.
Web site: http: //www.faro.com
CONTACT: Robin Kovaleski, Tucker-Hall, 813-228-0652, or e-mail, rkovaleski@tuckerhall.com, for FARO Technologies
Audio: http: //www.videonewswire.com/FARO/031301

"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.