What's the reason for the Teflon Products and Kynar- PVDF long lead times
Throughout the last year, the industry has had more allocations than I have come across around my thirty years experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have seen several shortages, and delivery issues on account of plastic resin allocations coming from plastic resin manufacturers. This is actually the first time I have seen all these issues at the same time.
PTFE (TFE) and PVDF are both on allocation.
This pair of resins are in short supply. The PTFE Sheet product PTFE (TFE) as well as Kynar manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar that is mined in Mongolia and China. The world demand for this mineral has increased significantly, as well as supply has tightened. PTFE materials have high temperature resistance, excellent chemical resistance and very low co-efficient of friction (slippery) and is utilized in a great deal of purposes from non-stick fry pans to ptfe tape for use at home. This mineral is a key raw materials within the production of fluoropolymers, fluorolubricants and quite a few refrigerants.This surge in demand combined with general shortage of raw materials is responsible for a dramatic price increase (almost double throughout the last year), shortages, and we expect both these factors to stay in affect in the near future.
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