FARO Gage Heats up Market With Summer 'Concert Tour'

FARO Gage Heats up Market With Summer 'Concert Tour' 


LAKE MARY, Fla., May 26  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FARO Technologies, Inc.
(NASDAQ:FARO), the market-share leader in the portable coordinate measurement
machine (CMM) field, announced it is ramping up production of the FARO Gage in
order to meet increasing demand. The effort coincides with the Company's Gage
"concert tour," a country-wide effort to show manufacturing facilities the
immediate and lasting positive impact the device can have on productivity and
profitability -- especially compared to the hand-held measurement devices
widely used today.

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FARO CEO and President Simon Raab made this comparison: "Would someone produce
an annual report using a typewriter, then correcting mistakes with
Wite-Out(TM)? Of course not. That method was replaced by the PC, which made
those errors unacceptable. It's the same with manufacturing measurement. The
FARO Gage replaces the outdated, two-dimensional hand-tool method, so the goal
of our 'concert tour' is to provide a fun forum in which to educate
manufacturers how it is the cost-effective way to meet the industry's growing
demand for quality and accountability."

Members of the media, machinists and QC managers who attend one of the events
on the tour receive Gage-themed concert t-shirts, demo DVDs, a chance to win
$100 credit on TicketMaster for the concert of their choosing, and more. Local
classic rock radio stations will hold live remote broadcasts of some events,
and attendees can bring actual parts from their facilities to measure with the
Gage, then e-mail the reports.

The .0002"-accurate FARO Gage represents the culmination of two decades of R&D
with more than 10 new pending patents for innovations in accuracy, reliability
and ease of use. It was created specifically to be convenient, fast and
intuitive enough for machinists and other shop-floor personnel to use. Its
magnetic mount (a vacuum mount is optional) allows machinists to measure parts
and assemblies directly on the machinery producing them, and is also accurate
and powerful enough for advanced measurement and statistical analysis like GD&T
and SPC.

"One of the capabilities we'll demonstrate during the tour is how other gages
restrict the user to single directions, but the FARO Gage's 3-D Caliper feature
enables users to quickly perform offset checks in three dimensions from the
original measurement point," said FARO Hardware Product Manager Shaun Mymudes.
"That brings GD&T capability to the shop floor, which is unheard of for such an
inexpensive portable CMM."

In addition, the FARO Gage automatically records all of the user's measurements
and creates comprehensive reports. It is internally counterbalanced for
"neutral buoyancy" and fatigue-free usage. Overload sensors prevent users from
stressing the arm and help ensure precise measurement, making it "the only arm
with feeling."

Manufacturers can call 800-736-0234 to see if the Gage tour is coming to their
area. Tour cities and dates will be continually updated on http://www.faro.com/
as of May 31, 2004.

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About FARO

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 3-D 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 Gage, Platinum and Titanium FaroArms, Control Station
measurement system, the FARO Laser Tracker, the Advantage FaroArm and Advantage
Tracker, and a CAM2 family of advanced CAD-based measurement and reporting
software. FARO Technologies is ISO 9001 certified and Guide 25 approved. Learn
more at http://www.faro.com/. 

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