FARO Announces New Distribution Agreement
FARO Announces New Distribution Agreement with Hi-Tech Metrology for Australia and New Zealand
FARO
Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: FARO), the world's single source
for a
complete line of portable CAM2 solutions,
announced that Hi-Tech Metrology --
one of Australia's
leading suppliers of metrology equipment -- is the Company's
new, exclusive agent in Australia and New Zealand.
"Hi-Tech Metrology, with their strong commitment to the
metrology sector,
will provide the representation that
our customers expect," said Brooks Jacobs,
FARO's Vice
President of Sales: Asia-Pacific. "We are very impressed
with
Hi-Tech's capabilities, facilities and depth of
personnel -- particularly with
their significant
Coordinate Measuring Machine experience. These strengths,
combined with FARO's products, and support from our
Asian headquarters in
Singapore, will be a great
resource for both our existing and new clients. Our
partnership represents a new beginning in Australia and
New Zealand's portable
measuring sector, and it is our
mutual goal to set the industry standard for
service,
product range and unparalleled commitment."
Managing
Director of Hi-Tech Metrology Ian Martin added: "Hi-Tech is
100-percent committed to metrology solutions, and having
FARO -- a brand
already well-known and respected
throughout the world -- as our partner
provides our
customers with access to the most-trusted portable
measurement
solutions on the market. We can now offer
the local market the best of both
worlds: the highest
levels of applications and after-sales service support
combined with the latest and most innovative portable
measuring technology.
This alliance with FARO is an
excellent opportunity for Australian and New
Zealand
manufacturers to improve their productivity and quality
while reducing
operating costs."
FARO's products
will be demonstrated at Hi-Tech Metrology's stand (D80) at
the AUSTECH 2006 exhibition in Sydney from 30 May to 02
June 2006. For the
remainder of June, Hi-Tech Metrology
will conduct personalised demonstrations
and
measurements of client's components at the purpose-built
AUSTOOL facility
at Ingleburn, southeast of Sydney.
About FARO
With more than 10,800
installations and 4,900 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, Gage-PLUS and PowerGAGE;
Platinum, Digital Template, Titanium, and 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.
About
Hi-Tech Metrology
Hi-Tech Metrology is Australia's
leading supplier of coordinate measuring
machines (CMMs)
with the Sheffield brand of equipment and is 100% focused
and
committed to the metrology industry in Australia and
New Zealand. Hi-Tech
Metrology is proud to both sell and
support some of the leading global brands
of metrology
equipment. In addition to having a full sales network all
around
Australia and New Zealand, the Company offers a
full range of after-sales
services, including machine
calibration, preventative and routine maintenance,
CMM
programming, training and education programs, software
upgrades, contract
inspection, reverse engineering and
scanning.
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