What's the reason for the PTFE and PVDF extended delivery
During the last year, the market has experienced more challenges than I have come across inside my thirty years experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have observed several shortages, and delivery delays resulting from material allocations through resin vendors. This is the first instance I have seen all these issues at one time. Polytetraflouroethylene (TFE) and PVDF are both on allocation. Both of these resins are in short supply. The PTFE Sheeting product PTFE (TFE) and also Kynar manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar which is mined in Mongolia and China. The world interest in this mineral has increased significantly, additionally, the supply has tightened. PTFE materials have high temperature resistance, excellent chemical resistance and incredibly low co-efficient of friction (slick) and is utilised in dozens of applications from non-stick fry pots and pans to ptfe tape for personal use. This specific mineral is actually a critical raw mater...