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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) July 19, 2005
FARO Technologies, Inc.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Florida 0-23081 59-3157093
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
125 Technology Park, Lake Mary, Florida 32746
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (407) 333-9911
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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE
ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS
On July 18, 2005, FARO Technologies announced via press release,
subject: FARO Receives 10-Laser Tracker Order from Boeing. A copy of the press
release is attached hereto.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND EXHIBITS
(c) Exhibits
99.1 Press release dated as of July 18, 2005
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
FARO Technologies, Inc.
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(Registrant)
Date July 18, 2005
/s/ Gregory A. Fraser
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Gregory A. Fraser
Executive Vice President, Secretary and
Treasurer
Exhibit 99.1
FARO RECEIVES 10-LASER TRACKER ORDER FROM BOEING
LAKE MARY, Fla., July 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc.
(Nasdaq: FARO), the only company with a complete line of portable 3D coordinate
measurement systems for the Computer-Aided Measuring (CAM2) market, announced
the receipt of an order for 10 FARO Laser Trackers from The Boeing Company.
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000522/FLM035LOGO )
"These new orders follow our earlier successful FARO Laser Tracker
installations at Boeing's various U.S.-based operations, not to mention the
numerous FARO CMMs in place at their many suppliers," FARO CEO Simon Raab said.
The new order consisted of 10 FARO Laser Tracker Xi units for the Boeing
Rotorcraft Facility in Philadelphia, Pa. They use them to dimensionally control
the manufacture, modernization and support of the twin-turbine, tandem-rotor,
heavy-lift CH-47 Chinook helicopter, and the tiltrotor V-22 Osprey aircraft for
the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. National Guard, U.S. Navy, and several
international customers.
The FARO Laser Tracker is a portable, three-dimensional measurement system
that uses laser technology to effectively and accurately measure large parts,
tooling and machinery within its 230-ft. range.
Set on a tripod, it operates by bouncing a beam off a movable, reflective
target that is guided along the surface to be measured. By simultaneously
measuring two angles and the distance, it can pinpoint the position of the
target to an accuracy of up to 0.001 in. As a user moves the target from one
location to another, the Tracker follows, recording position points in the
software of its laptop computer. If, at any point, the beam between the Tracker
and target is interrupted, its XtremeADM feature allows it to re-acquire the
beam without returning to a reference point. Once the target has been traced
over the entire object, the Tracker compiles a 3D image of the object as a
digital file.
Besides its many applications at Boeing and other aerospace companies, FARO
Laser Trackers are also used in many other industries for tasks where
large-scale, high-precision measurement is needed, including aligning robotic
assemblies.
About FARO
With more than 7,500 installations and 3,800 customers globally, FARO
Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO) and its international subsidiaries design,
develop, and market software and portable, computerized measurement devices. The
Company's products 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. Principal products include the FARO Laser
ScanArm; FARO Laser Scanner LS; FARO Gage and Gage-PLUS; Platinum, Digital
Template, Titanium, Advantage FaroArms; the FARO Laser Tracker X and Xi; and the
CAM2 family of advanced CAD-based measurement and reporting software. FARO
Technologies is ISO 9001 certified and ISO-17025 laboratory registered.
SOURCE FARO Technologies, Inc.
-0- 07/15/2005
/EDITORS' ADVISORY: Download 300dpi images for this release at
http://www.faro.com/Newsroom/Image_Gallery.asp /
/CONTACT: Darin Sahler, Global Public Relations Officer, sahlerd@faro.com,
or Greg Fraser, EVP, fraserg@faro.com, both of FARO Technologies,
+1-407-333-9911/
/First Call Analyst: /
/FCMN Contact: trowbris@faro.com /
/Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000522/FLM035LOGO
AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org
PRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.com /
/Web site: http://www.faro.com