What caused the Teflon and PVDF extended delivery times
In the last year, the market has experienced more difficulties than I've come across inside my thirty years experience. In the past I have seen sharp price increases, and I have witnessed several shortages, and delivery delays caused by resin allocations through resin vendors. This is definitely the very first occasion I have seen all these issues at the same time. Polytetraflouroethylene (TFE) and PVDF are both on allocation. This pair of resins are in short supply. The PTFE Sheet suppliers product PTFE (TFE) as well as Kynar-PVDF  manufacturing requires a mineral called Fluorspar that is mined in Mongolia and China. The worldwide requirement for this mineral has risen significantly, as well as supply has tightened. PTFE materials have high heat resistance, excellent chemical resistance and very low co-efficient of friction (slippery) and is utilised in a bunch of purposes from non-stick fry pans to ptfe tape for home use. This particular mineral is the essential raw material...