History

CREATION IN AUGUST 1996

Elva is a French-American company strongly positioned in the sectors of idendification / authentication. We are specialized in the conception of innovative components and the development of smart card related software, mainly for the telecom and Internet sectors.

IN NOVEMBER 1998 - ELVA winner of the Best Innovation Prize

A first Vocalid^® smart card prototype is presented at the Cartes'98 exhibition in Paris, France. It is awarded the prize for Best Innovation.

NASDAQ OTCBB IN JANUARY 1999

Office: Elva S.A., Boulogne (92), France. Last 1998, we took the opportunity to become a US company. Elva, Inc. has been listed since January 1999 on the Nasdaq OTCBB (evai).

A UNIQUE EXPERTISE

ELVA has registered 7 patents in the following areas:

• Smart cards, Microelectronics,
• Security / Encryption,
• Identification / Authentication

ACHIEVEMENTS

Since is creation, Elva works as an Atmel design center. The American semi conductor manufacturer is currently marketing the following chips under Elva license:

• AT88SC0104CRF, AT88SC0204CRF, AT88SC0404CRF, AT88SC0808CRF, AT88SC1616CRF, AT88SC3216CRF: Contactless 2 to 32-Kbit user memory with authentication & encryption, ISO/IEC 14443 Type B compliant.
• AT88SC25616C, AT88SC12816C, AT88SC6416C: 256-Kbit user memory with authentication & encryption.
• AT88SC153 (1.5K EEPROM with authentication; three 512-bit zones), AT88SC1608 (16K EEPROM with authentication; eight 2-Kbit zones): Secure Memory Ics with password & authentication.

Elva’s main project is Vocalid^® technology based on a specific, patented and unique chip design. Vocalid^® is a new smart card technology based on an innovative concept consisting of using a standard format card to send dynamic authentication codes via any telephone or PC, with no need for readers. The Vocalid^® related to R&D phase took six years and has been financed by institutions like ANVAR in France and venture capital coming from Europe and US.

YEAR 2003

We have recently conceived and set up together with partners a Vocalid^® -based transactional European platform named iProved. This project has been supported by the European Commission (IST Program).

YEAR 2004

European Commission announces 20 European Information Society Technology Prize winners. Elva is one of the winners of the 2004 European IST Prize.
Independent experts from 16 European Countries evaluated 430 candidates Products from 29 countries. The winners come from Finland, France, Ireland, Israel, The Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK

YEAR 2005

Laurent Poirier joins Elva International Inc. as Associate Director
The strategy of the Company is to develop, manufacture and market its own Products