Growth & New Applications
It’s always interesting to field calls for new applications for our products. This past year has seen an abundance of out-of-the-box applications that have used our PTFE Tapes and Fabrics. The common thread for all of these unusal applications center on the typical properties of PTFE products; high temperature tolerance, anti-stick and anti-friction properties, high…
Modest Price Increase
We have held our pricing structure steady for the past two years, despite seeing moderate increases from out manufacturing vendors. While the national economy continues to hesitate, we feel it is now necessary to isse a very modest 2.5% price increase on our entire line of PTFE Tapes, Fabrics, Belting and Packaging Accessories products. This…
Stability
The concern during the last half of 2011 about PTFE shortages, multiple price increases and rationed orders seems to have passed now with the slowly stabilizing USA economy. As of this date we know of no proposed price increases in the offing. Lanmar has not experienced shortages in our standard products—with the exception of one…
Another Price Change
As we indicated a few months ago when we alerted you of the current pricing crisis due to the continued shortage of PTFE resin, additional price increases were expected by mid-summer. Well, they’re here. Not all of the PTFE product manufacturers raise their prices at the same time. But, our primary high-quality vendor has just…
Pricing Update
So far, every manufacturer we deal with, and even some we don’t , have announced major price increases for PTFE Tapes, Fabrics and Custom Belting, UHMW Tapes, Film Tapes and other high performance pressure sensistive tape products. This, of course, is in response to the raw materials shortages for PTFE and other fluoropolymer products. Some…
Price Increase Details
The majority of the Lanmar product line will go up 10% on April 1, 2011. This indludes all PTFE Coated Fiberglass Tapes, Fabrics and Custom Belting products, as well as Silicone Coated Fiberglass Fabrics. Other non-PTFE items such as specialty Fiberglass Cloth tapes will also increase. Our PTFE Film Tapes (skived and high modulus) and…
PTFE shortage, higher prices coming. Here’s why.
Dear Valued Lanmar Customer, Come April 1, 2011 a substantial industry-wide pricing increase on all PTFE products will take place. It will impact everyone who has anything to do with PTFE; manufacturers, distributors, converters, fabricators, and end users. It is a “perfect storm” of supply vs. demand and involves the basic raw material ingredients that…