Within the last year, the industry has had more shortages than I've come across during my 30 years experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have seen several shortages, and delivery delays stemming from plastic resin allocations coming from resin manufacturers. This is the first instance I have seen all these issues at the same time.
PTFE Sheet (TFE) and Kynar are both on allocation.
These two resins are in short supply. The PTFE Sheet product PTFE (TFE) as well as Kynar-PVDF manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar that's mined in Mongolia and China. The worldwide need for this mineral has grown significantly, and the supply has tightened. PTFE materials have high heat resistance, excellent chemical resistance and incredibly low co-efficient of friction (slick) and is used throughout dozens of applications from non-stick fry griddles to ptfe tape for personal use. This particular mineral is actually the crucial raw material within the manufacturing of fluoropolymers, fluorolubricants and many refrigerants.This rise in demand joined together with general shortage of raw materials has caused a dramatic price increase (almost double in the last year), shortages, and we expect these two factors to keep at it in the near future.
When you are shopping around for a plastic sheet distributor you will certainly likewise intend to look into the firm that you are handling to see to it that they are going to be around for a long period of time. If you are going to be having a lot of problems with your plastic sheet supply you are most likely to intend to see to it that you are going to have the ability to rely on them to continue to supply you with the high-grade item that you have actually pertained to expect, throughout the years.
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