During the last year, the industry has experienced more allocations than I have seen during my three decades experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have seen several shortages, and delivery problems as a result of material allocations from plastic resin vendors. This is the very first time I have seen all these issues at one time.
PTFE Sheet (TFE) and Kynar are both on allocation.
These two resins are in short supply. The PTFE - Polytetrafluoroethylene product PTFE (TFE) as well as Kynar-PVDF manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar which is mined in Mongolia and China. The world demand for this mineral has grown significantly, along with the supply has tightened. PTFE materials have high temperature resistance, excellent chemical resistance and really low co-efficient of friction (slick) and is utilised within dozens of purposes from non-stick fry kitchenware to ptfe tape for home use. This particular mineral is actually the key raw material within the manufacturing of fluoropolymers, fluorolubricants and a lot of refrigerants.This increased demand mixed with general shortage of raw materials has caused a dramatic price increase (almost double within the last year), shortages, and we expect both these factors to keep at it in the near future.
When you are shopping around for a plastic sheet provider you will certainly also wish to research the company that you are handling to see to it that they are going to be around for a long period of time. If you are most likely to be having a lot of issues with your plastic sheet supply you are going to intend to make certain that you are going to be able to trust them to remain to provide you with the top quality item that you have actually come to expect, throughout the years.
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