EXHIBIT 32.1

                             FARO Technologies, Inc.
     Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

      Solely for the purposes of complying with 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, I hereby
certify, based on my knowledge, that the Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the
year ended December 31, 2003 (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements
of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information
contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
condition and results of operations of the FARO Technologies, Inc..


      /S/ Simon Raab
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      Simon Raab, Chief Executive Officer

                                                                  March 18, 2004


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