FARO Expands Software for Automotive with Q-DAS SPC Link

FARO Expands Software for Automotive with Q-DAS SPC Link

June 27, 2007

    LAKE MARY, Fla., June 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- FARO
Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO), the world market leader
in portable computer-aided measurement arms and laser
tracker sales, announced that its FaroArm and FARO Gage
will be compatible with Q-DAS SPC Link, the commonly used
and well-respected Quality Control software package
required among many automotive manufacturers and
suppliers.

    "Adding Q-DAS capability gives our portable CMMs a
rare advantage," FARO President and CEO Jay Freeland
said. "Our customers can now interface with one of the
most respected and powerful statistical software packages
available."

    Q-DAS' main focus is on quality management applications
that support the current international standards, as well as
relevant industry guidelines. It is considered the leader in
statistical analysis using their CAMERA method - Collecting,
Assessing, data Management, Evaluating, Reporting, and
Archiving.

    "FaroArm and FARO Gage users can seamlessly
transfer measurement data into SPC Link, enabling them to
evolve customized solutions," said Q-DAS President Tom
Stewart. "In addition to generating time-/event-driven
reports, the software has a Real-Time feature which allows
others to monitor processes on-line."

    The FARO Gage and Gage-PLUS are used to prove that
outgoing and incoming parts are up to spec, thus reducing
scrap, re-work and labor costs. The FaroArm takes the FARO
Gage line's capability to the next level by creating a 3-D
"blueprint" of a part - or of machine components
that make parts - enabling users to perform CAD-to-Part
analysis, or even reverse-engineer custom parts. 

    Although approximately 25 percent of FARO's customers
are in the automotive industry, Q-DAS SPC Link will also be
of value to its machinery and general industrial base. For
more on how the Company's technology serves various
industries and applications, visit http://www.FARO.com .

    About FARO

    With more than 13,500 installations and 6,500 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; the
FARO Laser ScanArm; FARO Laser Scanner LS; the FARO Gage,
Gage-PLUS and PowerGAGE; and the CAM2 family of advanced
CAD-based measurement and reporting software. FARO
Technologies is ISO-9001 certified and ISO-17025 laboratory
registered. Learn more at http://www.faro.com 

    About Q-DAS

    Q-DAS is an international software company focusing on
Statistical Analysis, SPC and Reporting Systems for every
type of manufacturing industry. The Company's products
encompass the complete software toolkit necessary to
effectively define and implement Six Sigma manufacturing
strategies. Q-DAS Incorporated, the North American
subsidiary founded in 1998 by president Tom Stewart, is
located in Rochester Hills, MI and provides services such
as software distribution, training, hotline and on-site
installations for our North-American customers. Learn more
at http://www.q-das.com 


    For more information, please contact:

     Darin Sahler
     Global PR Manager
     FARO Technologies, Inc.
     Tel:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]