Corporate Profile

With more than 7,500 installations and approximately 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 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 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.

FARO's SIC (Standard Industry Code) is 3829

Locations

It is a small world after all. FARO now has employees throughout the world. While the design and development of FARO products still occurs at corporate headquarters, sales and distribution take place internationally.

All over the US and throughout the entire world are FARO sales engineers, support teams and FARO distributors. In the US, these FARO jobs are located in Detroit, MI; Kennet Square, PA; Los Angeles, CA; Dallas, TX; Chicago, IL; Charlotte, NC; Columbus, OH; and Seattle, WA.

US Headquarters - Lake Mary, FL Remote offices in Kennet Square, PA; Los Angeles, CA; Dallas, TX; Chicago, IL; Columbus, OH; Seattle, WA

European Headquarters - Stuttgart, Germany FARO's European headquarters lie in Stuttgart, Germany. Additional FARO offices in Coventry, UK; Barcelona, Spain; Paris, France; and Rivioli, Italy coordinate efforts through headquarters in both Europe and the United States.

Asia/Pacific - Aichi, Japan The latest FARO addition is FARO JAPAN, located in Nagoya, Japan. This facility is basically the sales, marketing and distribution for the Pacific Rim. FARO is proud to announce this new addition.

Products

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 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.

Hardware

Whether measuring new tooling, inspecting a prototype, reverse engineering a product or scanning a crime scene or even the entire factory floor, FARO's has a time and scrap reducing solution for you. FARO's measurement hardware touches the future of CAM2 (Computer-Aided Measurement) with its "point-and-click" simplicity and portability. From single parts or complex assemblies to entire factory floor layouts, Faro's Hardware products offer high precision measurement and scanning in any environment.

CAM 2 Products

Digital Template - Home construction countertop design

The Industry's Most Accurate & Easiest-to-Use Template Digitizer

Capturing digital input from the job site, bringing it to CNC machines and then comparing the final products back to the original is now a smooth and cost-effective process thanks to the Digital Template FaroArm. It eliminates mistakes, saves time, as well as labor, scrap and re-work costs, while simultaneously increasing customer satisfaction on your most important jobs, including:

Countertops • Backsplashes • Side Splashes •
Window Sills • Wall Caps • Breakfast Counters

It's more accurate, versatile, and easier to use than mechanical digitizers or digital photogrammetry, plus it's super tough and battery powered, so you can measure on-site anytime, anywhere and ensure all your materials are the very best they can be. Call for a demo or visit us online at www.faro.com today, and we'll prove it to you.

Features

• Internal counter-balancing
• Lightweight construction, heavyweight durability
• CAM2 Digital Template Software
• Complete Accessory Kit with Cabinet Mount
• Integrated extended-use battery
• Oversized Easy-Use Buttons

Benefits

• User can move fatigue-free FaroArm easily with one hand
• Tough and light enough to measure anywhere
• Mount, measure and complete the digital template in minutes
• Quickly mount Arm exactly where you need it
• Take it anywhere on without the hassle of power cords
• Allow for easy measurement and control over the software

Specifications
Platform: Windows®XP
Data Output: DXF • IGES • VDA • STEP • ASCII • CSV
Languages: English • French • German • Spanish • Italian • Japanese • Portuguese • Chinese

Digital Template: $150,000 extra revenue PER WEEK-that's what one FARO customer gained by investing in the Digital Template FaroArm. It's accuracy and durability beats anything out there, plus the it draws as you measure as you get real-time information the 3-D, action-ready data you need right on the spot. No more waiting to drop off the template or process photos - just e-mail the Digital Template file right to the shop and program the CNC!

Gauge & Gauge Plus - Machine shop measurement .0002" accuracy

HIGH accuracy! Low price! FARO Gages are the personal CMMs that give you the power of fixed CMM, but are portable, easy to use and far more cost-effective. Mount them right to your machinery and measure the parts in process with up to .0002" accuracy. They even generate GD&T and SPC reports!

Platinum FaroArm - Factory floor measurement upto 12ft. range and .0005" accuracy

Anyone, anywhere can now perform inspections, reverse-engineering or CAD-to-part analysis with previously unheard of precision -- up to .0005". And with its six-degree of freedom probe, seven-axis availability and space-age composite construction, this Arm has the flexibility and strength you need to get data in places that fixed CMMs and cheap portable CMMs wouldn't dare go.

Laser Tracker X - Factory floor measurement upto 230 ft range and .0001" accuracy

No other trackers zaps your toughest measurement challenges like the FARO Tracker X. Guide it's hand-held reflector along the surface to be measured -- up to 230 feet! -- and the Tracker X pinpoints the position to within up to.001". It's the only tracker that can measure instantly, monitor itself for maximum accuracy and give you the power of XtremeADM -- a technology that allows continuous measurement even when the path of the beam is interrupted!

Laser Scanner LS - Larger scale factory floor and forensics scanning

The latest addition to the FARO product line empowers users to digitize massive spaces into three-dimensional, action-ready data. Ideal for large volume modeling, factory planning/redesign, quality control and forensics, it scans 120,000 points per second with 3mm linear accuracy. That's up to 100 times faster than a flight scanner!

Designed with user friendliness in mind the high performance of the scanner can be used with minimal training to capture 3 D point cloud data. Whether documenting a 50,000 square foot building or accurately capturing the scene of a crime, the possible applications are almost unlimited. The scanner offers:
Photorelistic 3 D images • High speed • Modularity • Proven Technology

Laser Scan Arm - Reverse engineer upto 19,200 points per second

No other scanning system allows users to scan AND take hard-probe measurements almost instantaneously. The Laser Scanner collects up to 19,200 points per second, then, with the press of a button, you can take single point measurements -- all within the same software. As the industry's first full integrated 7-axis ScanArm, you'll save time and money by never having to untangle cables, add/remove attachments or use a separate CMM to import data. NOW 50% MORE ACCURATE!

The ScanArm is ideal for non-contact measurement applications, including inspection, cloud-to-CAD comparison, rapid prototyping, reverse engineering and 3-D modeling. Users can scan data directly in industry leading Point Cloud and Reverse Engineering software.

Software

Designed as user-friendly, yet powerful dimensional measurement packages, FARO's CAM2 family of software meets the diverse needs of manufacturers allowing users to inspect, analyze and communicate business-critical information to management, clients and suppliers. FARO's market-leading inspection software can be used for CAD-to-part analysis or simple go/no-go measurements while using articulating measurement arms, CMMs and other 3D measurement instruments. FARO's Softcheck Tools power the Control Station with easy-to-use part inspection programs. FARO prepares a SoftCheck Tool™ for this specific part, one that includes visual on-screen "buttons" to direct operators where to measure and the sequence in which they should be measured. With this system, users cannot measure the wrong point and measuring errors are eliminated.

Services

In addition to its CAM2 products, FARO offers Quality Consulting Services and Training.

FARO's Manufacturing Quality Control Services (MQC™ group provides a wide range of engineering, technology and project management services for plant-wide improvements in dimensional quality, cost and efficiency.

Training on FARO's CAM2 products is offered at various locations throughout the United States.

For more information, contact Carol Levine at levinec@faro.com at 800.736.0234.

Customer Care

FARO's experienced customer service staff is standing by to answer your equipment or application related questions. Consisting of a thoroughly trained, highly technical staff, they have FARO products at their fingertips to help them walk you through challenges step-by-step.

You may also find your answers on this web site. The new Support Center web page offers more than 300 solutions to a wide variety of FARO-related issues. You can also select from more than 100 applications instruction sheets that best match your current measuring needs.