In the last year, the industry has had more allocations than I have seen around my 3 decades experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have seen several shortages, and delivery problems because of resin allocations coming from resin vendors. This is definitely the first occasion I have seen all these issues at one time.
PTFE Rod (TFE) and PVDF are both on allocation.
The two of these 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 demand for this mineral has increased 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 utilized in dozens of applications from non-stick fry pots and pans to ptfe tape for use at home. This mineral is the important raw materials inside the manufacturing of fluoropolymers, fluorolubricants and a lot of refrigerants.This surge in demand combined with general shortage of raw materials has caused a dramatic price increase (almost double during the last year), shortages, and we expect these two factors to keep at it in the near future.
When you are looking around for a plastic sheet provider you will also want to investigate the company that you are handling to ensure that they are going to be around for a long period of time. If you are most likely to be having a lot of troubles with your plastic sheet supply you are going to wish to ensure that you are going to be able to rely on them to remain to give you with the top quality item that you have actually concerned anticipate, over the years.
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