What's the reason for the Teflon and Kynar extended delivery times
During the last year, the industry has had more challenges than I have seen around my 30 years experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have experienced several shortages, and delivery problems caused by material allocations from resin vendors. This is the very first occasion I have seen all these issues at the same time. PTFE Sheet (TFE) and Kynar - PVDF are both on allocation. These two resins are in short supply. The PTFE Sheet product PTFE (TFE) as well as PVDF manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar which is mined in Mongolia and China. The world need for this mineral has grown significantly, and also the supply has tightened. PTFE materials have high heat resistance, excellent chemical resistance and extremely low co-efficient of friction (slick) and is utilized in a lot of purposes from non-stick fry cookware to ptfe tape for use at home. This particular mineral is actually a essential raw materials inside the manufacturing of fluoropolymers...