The International Thermal Spray Conference and Exhibition (ITSC-2018) was held on May7-10, 2018 at Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, USA. Headed by Deputy GM Yu Yueguang, BGRIMM delegation attended the conference and exhibition. Yueguang was invited to made a conference report entitled "Chemical Composition Change Behaviors of Composite Abradable Powders during Thermal Spraying Process", and totally six papers from BGRIMM Group were included in the conference proceedings, including four oral presentations and two posters, covering the recent research activities in abradable coatings, TBCs and SOFC of BGRIMM Group.The presentations attracted much attention from the participants and gained high level praise from experts.