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Silicones situation (Shortage?)

Posted by tecnico3vinia on February 22, 2022 at 2:01 pm

Hi there! 🙂

I’ve seen some professional and colleagues talking about some silicone shortage situation going on right now, specifically after the pandemic. Is anyone experiencing it too? Since it’s been a while that I don’t need to buy any silicone, I’m not awhare of it.
Has any silicone producer (like Dow and Wacker) said anything about it? What are the distributors saying?

Any contribution would be appreciated!

Kind regards,

tecnico3vinia replied 2 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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chemicalmatt

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February 22, 2022 at 2:32 pm

The silicone situation is currently acute. Back-orders of 8 -10 weeks not unusual. Prices 200% mark-up not uncommon either. Try A&B Specialty Silicones in Illinois for an alternate source, they use Bluestar (NV) base materials and do a fine job at low costs.
tecnico3vinia

Member
March 8, 2022 at 7:18 pm

chemicalmatt said:

The silicone situation is currently acute. Back-orders of 8 -10 weeks not unusual. Prices 200% mark-up not uncommon either. Try A&B Specialty Silicones in Illinois for an alternate source, they use Bluestar (NV) base materials and do a fine job at low costs.

Thank you so much for the answer, Matt!

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