SALT International Imported Italian Decorative Surfacing
Imported Italian decorative surfacing. Imagine. Design. Fabricate.
SALT International brings premium Italian decorative panels, high-pressure laminates, real-wood veneers, bendable boards, lightweight panels and color-matched edgebanding into North American cabinet shops, closet manufacturers and architectural interiors - engineered as a coordinated system so every door, drawer and exposed edge ships together.
What are you sourcing today?
Five Italian collections, each engineered for a specific design intent. Start where your project lives - textured everyday cabinetry, real wood, super matte fronts, or sculpted feature walls - and the matched components follow.
Saviola
Italian Thermal Structured Veneers two-sided panels - the elegance of high-end European design with the benefits of 100% post-consumer recycled materials and a 13-hour water-resistant CARB2 hardwood particle board core. 60 colors inspired by nature. (83" × 110" panel :: 8 / 16 / 19 mm :: 60 colors)
SM'art
Statement Italian textures on the largest panel format SALT carries. Sculpted finish families - city-inspired Manhattan and Italia, tactile Intagli relief, and the Timber program - built for wall cladding, closet interiors and feature millwork. (81" × 120" panel :: 8 / 19 mm :: 12 finishes)
Saviola 5
A curated Saviola palette in a 61"-wide panel — sized for closet manufacturers and fabricators running standard five-foot equipment. Same Italian recycled core, same 13-hour water resistance, same CARB2 compliance. Now stocking at our California branches. (61" × 110" panel :: 19 mm :: 12 curated finishes)
Pura Vita
Real-wood veneer panels combining different species and slice variations using random- or plank-match technique. Surface-brushed - soft or wire - and finished with a scratch-resistant transparent topcoat. The warmth only real wood delivers, ready to fabricate. (Ash · Oak · Walnut :: Soft & wire brushed :: 10 finishes)
PRO PET
PET-foil panels for cabinet shops who want flawless solid color. Four matte tones - Bianco, Nero, Grigio Chiaro, Biege - plus a Bianco Lucido high gloss. Scratch- and stain-resistant on a one-sided panel with matched backer. (48" × 110" panel :: 18 mm :: 5 finishes)
Where SALT Lives
From the contemporary kitchen down to the closet interior and across the hospitality feature wall - every SALT collection is engineered for a specific role in the build. Pick by destination, not just by finish.
Made in Italy - Sourced from Italian mills with decades of decorative-surface engineering.
One coordinated system - Color-matched panels, HPL, veneers and 1mm ABS edgebanding ship as one program.
Built for the trade - Specified by designers, sold to cabinet shops, closet manufacturers and architectural fabricators.
Ecological by design - 100% recycled-wood Saviola core. 50% post-consumer SM'art core. CARB2 compliant.
One system, every component.
If you came in looking for a specific format rather than a collection, start here. Every SALT product type is engineered to coordinate with the others - so a Saviola door, an SM'art wall, a Pura Vita closet interior and the ABS edgebanding that wraps them all read as one design.
Lightweight Panels & Bendable Boards
Italian decorative two-sided panels, 8 mm to 19 mm. Thermal-structured Saviola and SM'art finishes, PET-foil PRO PET, and prefinished Pura Vita veneer - the work surface for cabinet doors, casework, closets and millwork.
(Saviola · Saviola 5 · SM'art · PRO PET · Pura Vita)
High-Pressure Laminates
HPL sheets in 60" × 120" (50 sq ft) color-matched to the panel program. Specify Saviola, SM'art, Pura Vita or PRO PET on the panel and get the HPL for countertops, exposed ends and waterfalls in the same finish.
(Saviola · SM'art · Pura Vita · PRO PET match)
Real Wood Veneers
Pura Vita prefinished veneer in Ash, European White Oak and Walnut - random- or plank-matched, soft- or wire-brushed, finished with a scratch-resistant transparent topcoat. Ready to fabricate with no additional finishing required.
(Pura Vita panels & sheets)
ABS Edgebanding
1 mm ABS color-matched to every collection. 23 mm, 43 mm and 65 mm widths in 54-foot and 328-foot rolls. The edges that close out a Saviola, SM'art, Pura Vita or PRO PET program without a sourced-elsewhere surprise.
(All collections · 23 / 43 / 65 mm)
Why SALT? Italian engineering, ecological credentials, a fabricator's catalog.
Italian decorative panels look beautiful from across the room — but they're specified because of what's underneath: a recycled-wood core, low formaldehyde emissions, water resistance the catalog demonstrates against the industry baseline, and an edgebanding program that ships with the panel.
100% Recycled-wood Saviola core - The only FSC 100% recycled-wood particleboard core in the world. Restarting the wood life cycle through Italian-mill recovery.
13 hour Water-resistant board - Saviola and SM'Art cores hold up to 13 hours of soaking — the comparison stands beside standard board still swelling after the same test.
CARB2 Lowest emissions on market - The lowest-formaldehyde-emission board SALT distributes. Compliant out of the box — no shop substitutions required.
1:1 Matched component program - Every panel finish ships with its matching ABS edgebanding, and most ship with matching HPL. One PO, one finish, one consistent build.
The wood life cycle - An ecological panel, by design.
- SALT's Italian mills built their reputation on closing the wood cycle. Used wood is recovered, cleaned, chopped into woody particles, pressed into panels, then surfaced and finished — a sequence that delivers the lowest-emission board on the market while keeping post-consumer wood out of landfill.
- FSC 100% recycled-wood Saviola core — unique in the category
- 50% post-consumer recycled SM'art core
- CARB2 compliant across the panel program
- 13-hour water resistance demonstrated against a non-resistant baseline board
- Scratch-resistant finishes on Pura Vita and PRO PET
Applications - Where SALT lives in the project.
From the contemporary kitchen down to the closet interior and across the hospitality feature wall — every SALT collection is engineered for a specific role in the build. Pick by destination, not just by finish.
Kitchen cabinetry & fronts
Doors, drawers and casework in Saviola textures, Pro PET super matte, or prefinished Pura Vita veneer coordinated with matching HPL and edgebanding.
Closet interiors & systems
Saviola 5 in the five-foot format for shop equipment, SM'Art for textured interiors, plus the SALT Vestiere adjustable shelving and clothing-bar system.
Mudrooms & built-ins
Saviola and SM'Art textures with matching ABS edgebanding for custom mudrooms, entryway lockers, drop-zones and full-height built-in storage that has to take real residential wear.
Wall cladding & feature walls
SM'Art 10-foot textured panels — Manhattan, Italia, Intagli and Timber — for hospitality, retail and statement residential walls.
Custom millwork & furniture
Pura Vita prefinished veneer and SM'Art textures for entertainment units, custom built-ins and furniture commissions where the wood story has to read.
Hospitality & retail interiors
Coordinated Italian surfaces across reception, casework, casegoods and feature walls — the same finish reading from a back-of-house panel to a guest-facing edge.
Questions about SALT International Panels?
Sourcing imported Italian decorative panels comes with a small learning curve - collection naming, panel formats, water-resistance ratings, edgebanding match-ups, sample logistics. The ten questions below are the ones cabinet shops, closet manufacturers and interior designers ask most often when they're specifying SALT International for the first time. If yours isn't covered, your Wurth Louis and Company branch can route it to a SALT specialist.
