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Colfax Corp – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/17 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Friday, 7/28/17, at 7:12am ET   ·   For:  6/30/17   ·   Accession #:  1420800-17-18   ·   File #:  1-34045

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 7/28/17  Colfax Corp                       10-Q        6/30/17   69:6M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    489K 
 2: EX-10.02    Material Contract                                   HTML     34K 
 3: EX-31.01    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 4: EX-31.02    Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 5: EX-32.01    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 6: EX-32.02    Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
13: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     39K 
14: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML     61K 
15: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     53K 
                Income (Loss)                                                    
16: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     31K 
                Income (Loss) [Parenthetical]                                    
17: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     94K 
18: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     31K 
                [Parenthetical]                                                  
19: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity          HTML     56K 
20: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity          HTML     22K 
                Statement of Stockholders' Equity [Parenthetical]                
21: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     91K 
22: R10         General (Text Block)                                HTML     28K 
23: R11         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements (Text     HTML     34K 
                Block)                                                           
24: R12         Acquisition Acquisition (Notes)                     HTML     23K 
25: R13         Net Income Per Share (Text Block)                   HTML     56K 
26: R14         Income Taxes (Text Block)                           HTML     26K 
27: R15         Equity (Text Block)                                 HTML     89K 
28: R16         Inventories, Net (Text Block)                       HTML     34K 
29: R17         Debt (Text Block)                                   HTML     44K 
30: R18         Accrued Liabilities (Text Block)                    HTML    110K 
31: R19         Net Periodic Benefit Cost-Defined Benefit Plans     HTML     77K 
                (Text Block)                                                     
32: R20         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML    169K 
                (Text Block)                                                     
33: R21         Commitments and Contingencies (Text Block)          HTML     48K 
34: R22         Segment Information (Text Block)                    HTML     88K 
35: R23         Net Income Per Share (Tables)                       HTML     55K 
36: R24         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     86K 
37: R25         Inventories, Net (Tables)                           HTML     35K 
38: R26         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     33K 
39: R27         Accrued Liabilities (Tables)                        HTML    114K 
40: R28         Net Periodic Benefit Cost-Defined Benefit Plans     HTML     77K 
                (Tables)                                                         
41: R29         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML    172K 
                (Tables)                                                         
42: R30         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     43K 
43: R31         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML     88K 
44: R32         Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Details   HTML     24K 
                Textual (Details)                                                
45: R33         Acquisition Acquisition (Details)                   HTML     25K 
46: R34         Net Income Per Share (Details)                      HTML     39K 
47: R35         Net Income Per Share (Details Textual)              HTML     22K 
48: R36         Income Taxes (Details Textual)                      HTML     30K 
49: R37         Equity (Details - AOCI Components)                  HTML     63K 
50: R38         Equity Textuals (Details)                           HTML     22K 
51: R39         Inventories, Net (Details)                          HTML     36K 
52: R40         Debt Components (Details)                           HTML     35K 
53: R41         Debt (Details Textual)                              HTML     58K 
54: R42         Accrued Liabilities Chart (Details)                 HTML     43K 
55: R43         Warranty Liability Rollforward (Details)            HTML     34K 
56: R44         Restructuring Rollforward (Details)                 HTML     56K 
57: R45         Accrued Liabilities (Details Textual)               HTML     29K 
58: R46         Net Periodic Benefit Cost-Defined Benefit Plans     HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R47         Fair Value Hierarchy (Details)                      HTML     51K 
60: R48         Foreign Currency Contracts Notional Values          HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R49         Gain (Loss) On Derivative Instruments (Details)     HTML     38K 
62: R50         Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements   HTML     21K 
                (Details Textual)                                                
63: R51         Claims Rollforward (Details)                        HTML     27K 
64: R52         Asbestos Litigation (Details 1)                     HTML     28K 
65: R53         Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual)     HTML     20K 
66: R54         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     44K 
68: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    118K 
67: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     60K 
 7: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- cfx-20170630                        XML   2.03M 
 9: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- cfx-20170630_cal                XML    174K 
10: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- cfx-20170630_def                 XML    273K 
11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- cfx-20170630_lab                      XML    917K 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- cfx-20170630_pre               XML    542K 
 8: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- cfx-20170630                          XSD    116K 
69: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001420800-17-000018-xbrl      Zip    150K 


‘EX-101.DEF’   —   XBRL Definitions — cfx-20170630_def


This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.


                                                                                                                                                                                
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