Monarch Color Corporation

The Monarch Color Corporation offers printing services. The company s products include oil-based inks, Flexographic inks, ultra violet inks as well as offset water-based coatings in matte, satin, gloss, non-skid, fast work and turn, primer and high-gloss. Its services include fountain solution testing that consists of pH and conductivity, COF - slide angle, water testing and bleeding of inks in fountain solution. Monarch s inks, coatings and paper tests provide tack and stable curves, drying times, set time three methods, dry back, emulsification, viscosity - Brookfield & Laray, Tinctorial strength, Ink and coating compatibility as well as trapping properties, solvent/volatile content, specific gravity, fineness of grind, ink washout to check for debris, light fastness - fade meter, opacity, rub test - Sutherland Rub, Gloss, Spectrophotometer curves, color efficiency, hue, grayness, blocking-ink and coatings, back-trap mottle test, adhesion. It equipment includes the VH-5000 fiber optics variable high-resolution scope scans, ink-plates, prints, debris and allows video. The Monarch Color Corporation is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.