About Finestra Window & Door

Finestra Window and Door is a name built on craftsmanship, innovation, and trust. 

Matt Salviccio had built his name the old-school way—by showing up, answering the phone, and doing exactly what he said he would do.

In St. Louis, where construction relationships still matter more than flashy slogans, Matt was known as the window supplier who could solve problems fast. Need an odd-size unit by Friday? He’d make it happen. Need pricing locked before a bid deadline? He’d stay late. He wasn’t the loudest guy in the room, but people listened when he spoke—because he meant it.

That reputation is what brought him down I-55 one summer to Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Piva Windows had been a quiet legend in the region. Italian roots. Craftsmanship you could feel in the weight of a sash. A place where the owners still cared about every detail—the finish, the seals, the way the corners came together like it actually mattered. Contractors who knew, knew. And architects who wanted something different—something with style and substance—always came back to Piva. Matt didn’t go down there looking to buy a factory. He went down there expecting a conversation. But the moment he walked through the building—past the stacks of frames and rows of glass, past the machines humming like they’d been doing the same reliable job for decades—he realized something: this wasn’t just a manufacturer.It was an opportunity.

It was the kind of place that could grow. The kind of operation that could scale without losing its identity. And most importantly… it was run by people who cared. The meeting started the way most good business deals do—coffee, questions, and a lot of listening. No big speeches. No over-promising. Just two sides feeling each other out.

And then, the day after the 4th of July, the deal truly began. It wasn’t in a boardroom. It wasn’t in a conference center with glass walls and catered lunches. It was at a worn table, under bright fluorescent lights, with a yellow legal pad in the middle like it had been waiting for them. One of the owners slid it across and said, “This is what it is.”Handwritten financials. Real numbers. Sales. Expenses. Margins. Notes in the margins. The kind of snapshot you only get when someone’s not trying to impress you—just tell you the truth.

Matt looked at it quietly for a long time. Then he nodded.
He didn’t need a twenty-page pitch deck. He didn’t need buzzwords. The story made sense. The company had something you couldn’t fake: a strong product, a loyal customer base, and a reputation built on quality. And most of all—he believed the people behind it.

By the end of that meeting, there wasn’t a signed contract yet, but the direction was set. Both sides knew what they wanted. And what could’ve taken a year of back-and-forth turned into something else entirely.A handshake pace. A trust pace. From that point on, everything moved fast—but not careless.

Due diligence started immediately. Matt didn’t cut corners. He did it the right way. He walked through the operation again and again, learning how every part worked—from sourcing materials to finishing, from lead times to shipping. He asked questions that weren’t meant to trip anyone up, only to understand. He reviewed vendor relationships, customer concentration, inventory, equipment, and production flow. At the same time, the real estate was put under the microscope. The land, the building, the condition of the space, the value, the long-term potential—every detail mattered. If he was going to buy Piva Windows, he wasn’t buying it to hold it still. He was buying it to build.

And over the next 100 days, something rare happened: the process didn’t create distance. It created alignment. There were no ego battles. No dramatic standoffs. No unnecessary delays. When a question came up, it was answered. When paperwork was needed, it was provided. When a concern surfaced, it was handled. They worked like partners before the deal was even official. Because the relationship was real.

By late summer, the momentum was undeniable. What started as a simple conversation turned into a full acquisition—company, operations, and real estate—moving forward in sync. Then the calendar crept toward September. Deadlines came and went in other deals, but not this one. This one was built on something stronger than pressure. It was built on mutual respect and the shared belief that they were doing the right thing. On September 16th, it became official. The purchase was closed.

Piva Windows—an Italian-window manufacturer rooted in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri—was now part of Matt Salviccio’s future. Matt rebranded the company to Finestra Window and Door- Which means " window" in Italian.  A deal that comes full circle. No fireworks. No dramatic announcement. Just a signature, a set of keys, and a quiet moment where everyone understood what they’d just accomplished. A deal born from a yellow pad of financials the day after the 4th of July. Completed in 100 days, because trust moved faster than red tape. And as Matt stood back inside the building—looking at the same machines, the same stacks of material, the same craftsmanship that had built Piva’s name—he didn’t see a factory. He saw Finestra! 

He saw momentum. He saw potential. He saw the next chapter. Not just for the company, but for the people inside it. Because the best deals don’t happen when someone wins and someone loses. They happen when both sides walk away proud. And in the towns between St. Louis and Ste. Genevieve, people still remember that story—the one where a major acquisition was built on relationship, speed, and a yellow legal pad that told the truth.