In the last year, the market has experienced more difficulties than I have seen during my 30 years experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have witnessed several shortages, and delivery delays as a consequence of material allocations coming from plastic resin manufacturers. This is the first time I have seen all these issues at one time.
PTFE Sheet (TFE) and Kynar - PVDF are both on allocation.
These two resins are in short supply. The PTFE - Polytetrafluoroethylene product PTFE (TFE) and Kynar-PVDF manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar that is mined in Mongolia and China. The worldwide need for this mineral has increased significantly, additionally, the supply has tightened. PTFE materials have high temperature resistance, excellent chemical resistance and really low co-efficient of friction (slick) and is utilised within a great deal of applications from non-stick fry griddles to ptfe tape for personal use. This particular mineral is a important raw materials inside the manufacturing of fluoropolymers, fluorolubricants and quite a few refrigerants.This rise in demand joined together with 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.
The next standard that you are going to wish to use when you are looking around for a plastic sheet provider is to search on the net. The internet is the very best area to get pricing quotes as well as to look at a business's reputation. You can additionally make use of any type of classified ads that are published in newspapers. This is going to assist you get a much better idea of what you are going to be paying for a specific quantity of sheets.
