FARO to Present at Needham Growth Conference

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LAKE MARY, Fla., Dec 29, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc., (Nasdaq: FARO) the world leader in portable computer-aided measurement and imaging innovations, announced that President and CEO Jay Freeland and Senior Vice President and CFO Keith Bair will present at the 11th Annual Needham Growth Stock Conference at 8am EST on January 8, 2009 at the New York Palace Hotel in New York City.

The audio will be simultaneously web cast on http://www.faro.com/Needham-Q1-09 .

FARO recommends registering at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the presentation to ensure timely access.

For more information on the FARO's global industries, applications and products, visit http://www.faro.com .

About FARO

With approximately 18,000 installations and 8,600 customers globally, FARO Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets portable, computerized measurement & imaging devices and software used to create digital models -- or to perform evaluations against an existing model -- for anything requiring highly detailed 3-D measurements, including part and assembly inspection, factory planning and asset documentation, as well as specialized applications ranging from surveying, recreating accident and crime scenes to digitally preserving historical sites.

FARO's technology increases productivity by dramatically reducing the amount of on-site measuring time, and the various industry-specific software packages enable users to process and present their results quickly and more effectively.

Principal products include the world's best-selling portable measurement arm -- the FaroArm; the world's best-selling laser tracker -- the FARO Laser Tracker; the FARO Laser ScanArm; FARO Photon Laser Scanners; the FARO Gage, Gage-PLUS and PowerGAGE; and the CAM2 Q family of advanced CAD-based measurement and reporting software. FARO Technologies is ISO-9001 certified and ISO-17025 laboratory registered.

SOURCE FARO Technologies, Inc.

http://www.faro.com

"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.