Over the past year, the market has had more shortages than I have come across within my three decades experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have witnessed several shortages, and delivery problems stemming from material allocations through plastic resin companies. This is definitely the very first occasion I have seen all these issues at one time.
PTFE Sheet (TFE) and Kynar are both on allocation.
Both of these resins are in short supply. The PTFE Sheeting product PTFE (TFE) and PVDF manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar which is mined in Mongolia and China. The world need for this mineral has grown significantly, and the supply has tightened. PTFE materials have high temperature resistance, excellent chemical resistance and really low co-efficient of friction (slick) and is utilised throughout a lot of purposes from non-stick fry cookware to ptfe tape for personal use. This mineral is actually the key raw materials within the production of fluoropolymers, fluorolubricants and lots of refrigerants.This increased demand joined together with general shortage of raw materials has caused a dramatic price increase (almost double within the past year), shortages, and we expect both these factors to keep at it in the near future.
Why are there PTFE and Kynar extended delivery times
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