The new Konica Minolta CM-5 is a highly versatile and extremely easy to use Bench-Top Spectrophotometer with top-port alignment for easy measurement of powders, granules as well as pasty materials in Reflection and transparent or semi transparent liquids and solids in Transmission. Such samples are typically to be found in foods, ingredients, drinks, pharmaceutical, cosmetics as well as many Chemical base products. The CM-5 can be used in “stand alone” mode thanks to the multi language firmware, large colour screen and control key panel, or connected to the optional PC software SpectraMagic NX. The wide field of applications the CM-5 is able to cover is further enhanced as it includes industry specific indices such as Gardner, Iodine, Hazen (APHA), European Pharmacopoeia, and US Pharmacopeia next to all classic colorimetric evaluation systems.