Over the last year, the industry has experienced more allocations than I have seen around my 30 years experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have experienced several shortages, and delivery problems as a consequence of resin allocations coming from resin suppliers. This is the very first occasion I have seen all these issues at one time.
PTFE Sheet (TFE) and PVDF are both on allocation.
Both of these resins are in short supply. The PTFE Sheet product PTFE (TFE) and Kynar-PVDF manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar that's mined in Mongolia and China. The worldwide demand for this mineral has risen significantly, additionally, the supply has tightened. PTFE materials have high heat resistance, excellent chemical resistance and very low co-efficient of friction (slippery) and is used within a good deal of applications from non-stick fry kitchenware to ptfe tape for use at home. This particular mineral is the important raw material inside the manufacturing of fluoropolymers, fluorolubricants and a lot of refrigerants.This surge in demand paired with general shortage of raw materials is mainly responsible for a dramatic price increase (almost double during the last year), shortages, and we expect both these factors to keep at it in the near future.
When you are looking around for a plastic sheet supplier you will certainly also want to look into the business that you are taking care of to make sure that they are going to be around for a very long time. If you are going to be having a lot of problems with your plastic sheet supply you are most likely to wish to make sure that you are going to have the ability to depend on them to continue to offer you with the premium item that you have involved anticipate, over the years.
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