◎ファローがThe CAD Zone, Inc.買収を発表　警察機関向け製品市場で事業拡大

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共同JBN 0850 （2014.8.1）

【レイクメアリー（米フロリダ州）2014年8月1日PRN＝共同JBN】3次元測定器とイメージング・リアル化ソリューションで世界をリードするファローテクノロジーズ社（FARO Technologies, Inc.、NASDAQ: FARO）は、警察機関の事故・犯罪現場再現市場の大手ソフトウエア・プロバイダーThe CAD Zone, Inc.を買収したと発表した。CAD Zoneの点群ソフトウエアアプリケーションはファローのレザースキャニング技術と統合され、犯罪現場およびその他の犯罪科学捜査向けのアプリケーションでターンキーソリューションを提供する。

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ファローは同社の破壊的な3次元測定、イメージング・リアル化製品を使って83億ドル（注）規模とされる警察機関の犯罪科学技術市場への参入を継続しており、これが重要なバーティカルマーケットでの事業拡大を目標とする長期戦略の実現を下支えする。

ファローのジェイ・フリーランド社長兼最高経営責任者（CEO）は「CAD Zoneが保有する警察機関向けの優れたソフトウエアソリューションは、極めて優れた統合3次元ドキュメント化製品をファローにもたらしてくれると確信している。今回の買収は、ファローに最大の市場ポテンシャルを提供する主要なバーティカルマーケットへの参入を目指す当社の戦略的目標の重要な部分である。警察機関は現在、ファローにとって相対的に小規模なバーティカルマーケットではあるが、適正な3次元ドキュメント化ソリューションにとって大きなチャンスを秘めたマーケットであり、当社がCAD Zoneを買収することによって3次元ドキュメント化ソリューションの開発が大きく前進すると考える」と語った。

▽ファロー（FARO）について

ファローは、世界で最も信頼される3次元測定技術の企業である。同社はコンピューター支援型ポータブル3次元測定器、イメージング機器およびソフトウエアの開発と販売を行っている。ファローの技術によって、生産や品質保証のプロセスにおいて、部品や複雑な組立構造の高精度な3次元測定、イメージングや比較を行うことができる。これらの機器は部品やアセンブリの検査、生産企画、3次元の大規模なスペースや構造のドキュメント化、測量および建設で使用されている。また、事故・犯罪捜査や現場再現も可能にする。

全世界で約1万5000社の顧客が3万台以上のファローのシステムを導入、使用している。フロリダ州レイクメアリーにグローバル本社を置き、欧州本社はドイツ・シュツットガルトに、アジア太平洋本社はシンガポールにある。ファローは米国、カナダ、メキシコ、ブラジル、ドイツ、フランス、スペイン、イタリア、ポーランド、トルコ、オランダ、スイス、ポルトガル、インド、中国、マレーシア、ベトナム、タイ、韓国、日本に支社がある。

詳細はウェブサイトhttp://www.faro.comを参照。

（注）Transparency Market Research, Forensic Technologies Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019

ソース：FARO Technologies, Inc.

▽問い合わせ先

Nancy Setteducati

Nancy.setteducati@faro.com

+1-407-333-9911

FARO Announces Acquisition of The CAD Zone, Inc. to Expand Presence in the Law Enforcement Products and Services Market

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LAKE MARY, Fla., Aug. 1, 2014 /PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

FARO Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: FARO), the world's most trusted source for 3D

measurement, imaging and realization technology, announced it has acquired The

CAD Zone, Inc., a leading software provider in the law enforcement accident and

crime scene reconstruction market. CAD Zone's point cloud software application

will be integrated with FARO's laser scanning technology to provide turnkey

solutions for crime scene and other forensic applications.

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FARO's continued push into the $8.3 billion[1] law enforcement forensic

technologies market supports its implementation of a long-term strategy of

expansion into key vertical markets with its disruptive 3D metrology, imaging

and realization products.

"We believe CAD Zone's leading software solutions for law enforcement will

provide FARO with a compelling integrated 3D documentation product offering,"

stated Jay Freeland, FARO's President and CEO. "This acquisition is an

important part of our strategic focus on penetrating key vertical markets that

offer FARO the most market potential. While law enforcement is a relatively

small vertical market for FARO today, we believe it represents a significant

opportunity for the right 3D documentation solution and our acquisition of CAD

Zone takes a major step forward in creating that offering."

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of

the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks

and uncertainties, such as statements about FARO's growth, demand for and

customer acceptance of FARO's products, anticipated improvement in the markets

in which FARO operates, and FARO's product development and product launches.

Statements that are not historical facts or that describe the Company's plans,

objectives, projections, expectations, assumptions, strategies, or goals are

forward-looking statements. In addition, words such as "believe," "is," "will,"

and similar expressions or discussions of FARO's plans or other intentions

identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not

guarantees of future performance and are subject to various known and unknown

risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause actual results,

performances, or achievements to differ materially from future results,

performances, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking

statements. Consequently, undue reliance should not be placed on these

forward-looking statements.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from what is

expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements include, but are not

limited to:

    -- the Company's inability to successfully identify and acquire target

       companies or achieve expected benefits from acquisitions that are

       consummated;

    -- development by others of new or improved products, processes or

       technologies that make the Company's products less competitive or

       obsolete;

    -- the Company's inability to maintain its technological advantage by

       developing new products and enhancing its existing products;

    -- declines or other adverse changes, or lack of improvement, in

       industries that the Company serves or the domestic and international

       economies in the regions of the world where the Company operates and

       other general economic, business, and financial conditions; and

    -- other risks detailed in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company's

       Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Forward-looking statements in this release represent the Company's judgment as

of the date of this release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update

publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new

information, future events, or otherwise, unless otherwise required by law.

About FARO

FARO is the world's most trusted source for 3D measurement technology. The

Company develops and markets computer-aided measurement and imaging devices and

software. Technology from FARO permits high-precision 3D measurement, imaging

and comparison of parts and complex structures within production and quality

assurance processes. The devices are used for inspecting components and

assemblies, rapid prototyping, documenting large volume spaces or structures in

3D, surveying and construction, as well as for investigation and reconstruction

of accident sites or crime scenes.

Approximately 15,000 customers are operating more than 30,000 installations of

FARO's systems, worldwide. The Company's global headquarters is located in Lake

Mary, FL; its European regional headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany; and its

Asia/Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore. FARO has other offices in the

United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, the United Kingdom, France,

Spain, Italy, Poland, Turkey, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Portugal, India,

China, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, and Japan.

More information is available at http://www.faro.com.

[1] Transparency Market Research, Forensic Technologies Market - Global

Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019

SOURCE:  FARO Technologies, Inc.

CONTACT: Nancy Setteducati, Nancy.setteducati@faro.com; +1-407-333-9911