Global Consume about 250,000 Tons of Fluoropolymer in 2012

A fluoropolymer is a fluorocarbon-based polymer with multiple strong carbon–fluorine bonds. It is characterized by a high resistance to solvents, acids, and bases. Many types of fluoropolymers has been commercialized, it includes ETFE, PTFE, FEP, PFA, PCTFE, ECTFE, PVDF and PVF etc. It is widely used in construction, IT, automotive, electronics industry and other industries.

Because Fluoropolymer has high temperature, shock, weldability, corrosion-resistant properties, so it become ideal material for many areas. According to the statistics, global consume about 250,000 tons of fluoropolymer in 2012, sales of about 6.81 billion, global fluoropolymers market will reach 10.64 billion at 2020, at a CAGR of 6% from 2013 to 2020.

2012 various regions of the world consumption of fluoropolymers

Fluoropolymer has a broad space for development, many companies have been put into production, at present, the world’s leading supplier of fluoropolymer are following:

Company	Main Fluoropolymer Products	Headquarters
AGC	PTFE, ETFE, PFA etc.	Japan
Daikin	PTFE,PFA,FEP,PCTFE,ETFE etc.	Japan
DuPont	ETFE,PTFE etc.	USA
3M	PTFE etc.	America
Solvay	ECTFE	Belgium
Arkema	PVDF	France
Kureha	PVDF	Japan
Dow Corning	PTFE,PFA,ETFE,PVDF etc.	United States