FARO Offers 'Gage-PLUS' Online Video for QC Technology

LAKE MARY, FL, July 2, 2008 - FARO Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO) the world leader in portable computer-aided measurement hardware and software, announced today that it released an online video demonstration of its highest-accuracy device, the FARO Gage-PLUS.

FARO Gage video demonstration - Hardware
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"Our customers - machinists and shop floor personnel - are accustomed to using rulers, micrometers, and calipers," said FARO Technical Product Manager Robert Sanville. "The video walks them through the process of how the FARO Gages are just as user-friendly as those devices, but with advanced capabilities that help them do their jobs faster with less scrap, re-work and labor costs."

The .0004"-accurate FARO Gage or the .0002"-accurate FARO Gage-PLUS are portable CMMs (coordinate measuring machines) that enable users to measure across a wide range of industrial applications. Instead of using inferior hand tools or taking a part to an expensive, traditional CMM in a climate- controlled room, Quality Control personnel can mount the FARO Gage directly to the machine producing the part.

"It gives customers the power of a stationary CMM, but with the simplicity and portability of a hand tool," Sanville said.

The video illustrates that, as the user guides the Gage's tip over the surface of a part, the system's laptop computer records all of the object's measurements in order to verify that it has been made correctly or needs modifications. The Gage then generates detailed, ISO-traceable reports to prove that outgoing and incoming parts are up to spec.

Additional videos will follow for FARO's entire product line, including application-specific demonstrations on how to resolve common quality control, reverse-engineering and inspection issues.

About FARO

With approximately 17,000 installations and 7,600 customers globally, FARO Technologies, Inc. designs, develops, and markets portable, computerized measurement 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 sites 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 X and Xi; 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.

For more information, visit www.faro.com.

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