[3] Evolis was founded in 1999 by CEO Emmanuel Picot, vice president Cécile Belanger, Didier Godard, Yves Liatard and Serge Olivier.

[4] All worked previously for an American manufacturer of plastic card printers with operations in France.

[10] The next year, it acquired 70% of the Indian company Rajpurohit Cardtec which became a subsidiary under the name of Evolis India.

[12][13] In 2016, Evolis announced the acquisition of a majority stake in CardPresso, a card design software company.

[22] Previous clients have included the French supermarket Intermarché, the RATP public transit service in Paris, voting cards for Tanzania, health insurance cards for Poland, and accreditation badges for the Cannes Film Festival.