During the last year, the market has experienced more shortages than I have come across during my thirty years experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have observed several shortages, and delivery problems on account of plastic resin allocations coming from resin manufacturers. This is the first occasion I have seen all these issues at the same time.
PTFE Sheet (TFE) and Kynar - PVDF are both on allocation.
The two of these resins are in short supply. The PTFE - Polytetrafluoroethylene product PTFE (TFE) along with Kynar manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar that's mined in Mongolia and China. The world requirement 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 (slick) and is utilised within a lot of applications from non-stick fry cookware to ptfe tape for use at home. This specific mineral is a critical raw materials within the production of fluoropolymers, fluorolubricants and a lot of refrigerants.This increased demand linked 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 continue in the near future.
When you are searching for a plastic sheet distributor you will additionally want to research the business that you are managing to make sure that they are going to be around for a long time. If you are most likely to be having a lot of issues with your plastic sheet supply you are going to wish to make sure that you are going to have the ability to trust them to remain to give you with the premium item that you have actually pertained to anticipate, for many years.
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