SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Wittig Stephen (Last) (First) (Middle) 8170 MAPLE LAWN BOULEVARD SUITE 180 (Street) FULTON MD 20759 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 08/31/2011	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Colfax CORP [ CFX ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) SVP - CBS & Supply Chain	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $.001	2,187.3131	D
Common Stock, par value $.001	1,000	I	By wife
Common Stock, par value $.001	7.9707	I	By son
Common Stock, par value $.001	7.9707	I	By son
Common Stock, par value $.001	7.9707	I	By daughter

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

Exhibit List: Exhibit 24.1- Power of Attorney for Stephen Wittig

	/s/ A. Lynne Puckett, Attorney-in-Fact	09/01/2011
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

	The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of the Chief Executive
Officer, General Counsel and the Chief Financial Officer of Colfax Corporation the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

	(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4 and 5 in
accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and
the rules thereunder;

	(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any
such Form 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of such form with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

	(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit
to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary
and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as
fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-
fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming any of
the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934.  This Power of Attorney can only be revoked by delivering a signed,
original "Revocation of Power of Attorney" to the attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 31st day of August, 2011.

	/s/ Stephen Wittig
	Stephen Wittig