Saturday, March 13, 2021

What's the reason for the Teflon and Kynar extended delivery

Over the past year, the industry has experienced more allocations than I have seen during my 3 decades experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have observed several shortages, and delivery delays caused by plastic resin allocations coming from resin vendors. This is actually the very first time I have seen all these issues at one time.

PTFE (TFE) and PVDF both are on allocation.

This pair of resins are in short supply. The  PTFE Sheeting product PTFE (TFE) as well as PVDF  manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar that's mined in Mongolia and China. The worldwide requirement for this mineral has grown significantly, along with the supply has tightened. PTFE materials have high temperature resistance, excellent chemical resistance and incredibly low co-efficient of friction (slick) and is utilized in a great deal of purposes from non-stick fry pans to ptfe tape for use at home. This mineral is actually a essential raw material inside the production of fluoropolymers, fluorolubricants and lots of refrigerants.This surge in demand mixed with general shortage of raw materials is mainly responsible for 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.


Kynar PVDF Sheet

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