PRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE OUTLOOK OF THE ACCELERATOR INDUSTRY IN EUROPE

After LHC completion, maintenance and operation of this large and complex facility appeared to be a good opportunity for accelerator industry in Europe. On the other hand, construction of new big facilities like XFEL, FAIR, ESRF upgrade, FERMI@ELETTRA and MAX IV is now well under way. Design and construction of these facilities provide different type of opportunity for industry involvement. This contribution attempts to address the question, how big are these opportunities and other issues that are of interest to the accelerator industry in Europe like market size, policy issues and effect of current economic crisis.