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Colfax Names Bill Rothenbach Senior Vice President of Human Resources

April 14, 2011

FULTON, Md., April 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Colfax Corporation (NYSE: CFX), a global leader in fluid-handling solutions for critical applications, today announced that Bill Rothenbach has been named Senior Vice President of Human Resources of the Company, effective April 25, 2011.  In this role, he will be responsible for all aspects of our human resources management, with a focus on talent management and leadership development, and will assume a key leadership role in building the best team for our organization.

Bill has over thirty years of broad-based domestic and international human resources executive experience with companies from a variety of industries, including Black & Decker, Bausch & Lomb, Procter & Gamble and Sara Lee.  For the past nine years Bill has been Senior Vice President-Human Resources for Old Mutual Financial Network, where he also served on the Board of Directors of Old Mutual Financial Life Insurance Company.

Clay H. Kiefaber, President and Chief Executive Officer of Colfax, stated "We are pleased to add a talented professional like Bill to our executive team.  His extensive experience in talent management and succession planning will enable us to develop the necessary bench strength required to implement our long-term growth strategy."

ABOUT COLFAX CORPORATION Colfax Corporation is a global leader in critical fluid-handling products and technologies. Through its global operating subsidiaries, Colfax manufactures positive displacement industrial pumps and valves used in oil & gas, power generation, commercial marine, defense and general industrial markets. Colfax's operating subsidiaries supply products under the well-known brands Allweiler, Baric, Fairmount Automation, Houttuin, Imo, LSC, Portland Valve, Tushaco, Warren and Zenith. Colfax is traded on the NYSE under the ticker "CFX." Additional information about Colfax is available at www.colfaxcorp.com.

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This press release may contain forward-looking statements, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning Colfax's plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements that are not historical or current facts. Forward-looking statements are based on Colfax's current expectations and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause Colfax's results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to factors detailed in Colfax's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as well as its Annual Report on Form 10-K under the caption "Risk Factors". In addition, these statements are based on a number of assumptions that are subject to change.  This press release speaks only as of this date. Colfax disclaims any duty to update the information herein.

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