Engineered Veneer comes from wood, but it's better than natural wood. 

Engineered veneer has more wood grain and color than natural wood veneer. 

Engineered veneer is free of defects, such as holes, knots or color variation.

Naural wood, especially rare wood species, is getting less and less. Using computer-aided design technology, we manipulate common and certified wood fiber to 

reproduce the natural appearance of nearly any wood species. 

Engineered veneer has more choices on size, while natural wood veneer has the limitaiton in size because of the size of logs.