LAKE MARY, Fla., July 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FARO
Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: FARO) announced today that
Kathleen J. Hall has been named
Senior Vice President and Managing Director for FARO
Americas. She will be responsible for all of FARO's sales,
marketing, manufacturing, supply chain and R&D functions across
North, Central and South
America.
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Most recently, Ms. Hall served as a Corporate Officer at Avery
Dennison as Vice President & General Manager of the
company's Graphics and Reflective Solutions and Performance Tapes
Americas' businesses.
Prior to joining Avery Dennison,
she spent twenty-six years at E.I. duPont de Nemours &
Company in roles of increasing responsibility, ranging from
operations and sourcing to sales, marketing and global business
leadership.
"We are excited to welcome Kathleen to the team," said
Jay Freeland, FARO's President and
CEO. "Her broad range of global business leadership, profit
& loss expertise, and deep functional experience will further
strengthen our executive team and complement our expanding
business."
Ms. Hall holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial
Engineering from Lehigh University in
Bethlehem, PA. She has
served on the Board of Trustees of the Avery Dennison Foundation
and on the Board of Directors for Power Up Gambia, a non-profit
organization committed to providing power and water to health care
facilities in The Gambia through
solar energy.
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 Ms. Hall's contribution to FARO and the expansion of FARO's
business. 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 "will" and similar expressions 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:
- Ms. Hall's ability to integrate into FARO's management
team and operations;
- development by others of new or improved products,
processes or technologies that make FARO's products obsolete or
less competitive;
- declines or other adverse changes, or lack of
improvement, in industries that FARO serves or the domestic and
international economies in the regions of the world where FARO
operates and other general economic, business, and financing
conditions;
- risks associated with international operations, such
as fluctuations in currency exchange rates, difficulties in
staffing and managing foreign operations, political and economic
instability, compliance with import and export regulations, and the
burdens and potential exposure of complying with a wide variety of
U.S. and foreign laws and labor practices;
- 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, 2012.
Forward-looking statements in this release represent FARO's
judgment as of the date of this release. FARO undertakes no
obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
About FARO
FARO is the world's most trusted source for 3D measurement &
imaging 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 compound structures within production
and quality assurance processes. The devices are used for
inspecting components and assemblies, production planning,
documenting large volume spaces or structures in 3D, surveying and
construction, as well as for investigation and reconstruction of
accident sites or crime scenes.
Worldwide, approximately 15,000 customers are operating more
than 30,000 installations of FARO's systems. The Company's global
headquarters is located in Lake Mary,
FL, its European head office in Stuttgart, Germany and its Asia/Pacific head office in Singapore. FARO has branches in Brazil, Mexico, Germany, United
Kingdom, France,
Spain, Italy, Poland, Netherlands, India, China,
Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand and Japan.
Further information: http://www.faro.com.
SOURCE FARO Technologies, Inc.