What caused the TFE and Kynar extended delivery times

Over the past year, the industry has experienced more shortages than I've come across inside my 30 years experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have experienced several shortages, and delivery problems stemming from resin allocations by plastic resin manufacturers. This is the very first instance I have seen all these issues at the same time.

PTFE Sheet (TFE) and PVDF are both on allocation.

This pair of resins are in short supply. The  PTFE - Polytetrafluoroethylene product PTFE (TFE) as well as Kynar-PVDF  manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar that's mined in Mongolia and China. The world demand for this mineral has grown significantly, as well as supply has tightened. PTFE materials have high temperature resistance, excellent chemical resistance and incredibly low co-efficient of friction (slick) and is used within tons of applications from non-stick fry pans to ptfe tape for personal use. This mineral is actually the key raw materials within the manufacturing of fluoropolymers, fluorolubricants and many refrigerants.This surge in demand mixed with general shortage of raw materials is mainly responsible for a dramatic price increase (almost double throughout the last year), shortages, and we expect these two factors to continue in the near future.

When you are looking around for a plastic sheet provider you will certainly additionally want to investigate the company that you are managing to make sure that they are most likely to be around for a very long time. If you are going to be having a great deal of troubles with your Plastic Sheet supply you are most likely to want to ensure that you are going to be able to depend on them to continue to offer you with the premium product that you have pertained to expect, over the years.