diff --git a/PepApi.Core/Controllers/NestsController.cs b/PepApi.Core/Controllers/NestsController.cs
index 76a347a..c730c78 100644
--- a/PepApi.Core/Controllers/NestsController.cs
+++ b/PepApi.Core/Controllers/NestsController.cs
@@ -160,6 +160,52 @@ public class NestsController : ControllerBase
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(search))
             return BadRequest(new { message = "Search term is required" });
 
+        var result = await SearchPartsInternalAsync(search, year, customer, limit);
+        return Ok(result);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Batch search for parts across nests by multiple part names.
+    /// Returns results grouped by search term.
+    /// </summary>
+    [HttpPost("parts/search/batch")]
+    public async Task<ActionResult<BatchPartSearchResponse>> SearchPartsBatch(
+        [FromBody] BatchPartSearchRequest request)
+    {
+        if (request.SearchTerms == null || request.SearchTerms.Count == 0)
+            return BadRequest(new { message = "At least one search term is required" });
+
+        var results = new List<PartSearchResponse>();
+
+        foreach (var searchTerm in request.SearchTerms.Distinct())
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(searchTerm))
+                continue;
+
+            var result = await SearchPartsInternalAsync(
+                searchTerm,
+                request.Year,
+                request.Customer,
+                request.LimitPerTerm);
+
+            results.Add(result);
+        }
+
+        return Ok(new BatchPartSearchResponse
+        {
+            TotalSearchTerms = results.Count,
+            TotalMatches = results.Sum(r => r.TotalMatches),
+            TotalNests = results.SelectMany(r => r.Results).Select(r => r.NestName).Distinct().Count(),
+            Results = results
+        });
+    }
+
+    private async Task<PartSearchResponse> SearchPartsInternalAsync(
+        string search,
+        int? year,
+        string? customer,
+        int limit)
+    {
         var searchUpper = search.Trim().ToUpper();
 
         // Get nest headers - filter by year only if specified
@@ -191,14 +237,15 @@ public class NestsController : ControllerBase
 
         if (!nests.Any())
         {
-            return Ok(new PartSearchResponse
+            return new PartSearchResponse
             {
                 SearchTerm = search,
                 Year = year,
                 TotalMatches = 0,
                 TotalNests = 0,
+                ResultsReturned = 0,
                 Results = []
-            });
+            };
         }
 
         var nestKeys = nests.Select(n => (n.NestName, n.CopyID)).ToHashSet();
@@ -221,6 +268,22 @@ public class NestsController : ControllerBase
             .Where(p => nestKeys.Contains((p.NestName, p.CopyID)))
             .ToList();
 
+        // Get material descriptions for materials used in matching nests
+        var materialNumbers = nests
+            .Select(n => n.Material)
+            .Where(m => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(m))
+            .Distinct()
+            .ToList();
+
+        var materialDescriptions = await _db.MaterialHeaders
+            .Where(m => materialNumbers.Contains(m.Material))
+            .Select(m => new { m.Material, m.Description })
+            .ToListAsync();
+
+        var materialDescriptionLookup = materialDescriptions
+            .GroupBy(m => m.Material)
+            .ToDictionary(g => g.Key, g => g.First().Description);
+
         // Group by nest and part name
         var nestLookup = nests.ToDictionary(n => (n.NestName, n.CopyID));
 
@@ -229,6 +292,9 @@ public class NestsController : ControllerBase
             .Select(g =>
             {
                 var nest = nestLookup[(g.Key.NestName, g.Key.CopyID)];
+                var materialDesc = nest.Material != null && materialDescriptionLookup.TryGetValue(nest.Material, out var desc)
+                    ? desc
+                    : "";
                 return new PartSearchResult
                 {
                     PartName = g.Key.Drawing ?? "",
@@ -238,6 +304,7 @@ public class NestsController : ControllerBase
                     Comments = nest.Comments ?? "",
                     MaterialNumber = int.TryParse(nest.Material, out var num) ? num : 0,
                     MaterialGrade = nest.MatGrade ?? "",
+                    MaterialDescription = materialDesc,
                     Thickness = nest.MatThick,
                     DateProgrammed = nest.DateProgrammed!.Value,
                     DateLastModified = nest.ModifiedDate ?? nest.DateProgrammed!.Value,
@@ -252,7 +319,7 @@ public class NestsController : ControllerBase
 
         var limitedResults = limit > 0 ? allResults.Take(limit).ToList() : allResults;
 
-        return Ok(new PartSearchResponse
+        return new PartSearchResponse
         {
             SearchTerm = search,
             Year = year,
@@ -260,7 +327,7 @@ public class NestsController : ControllerBase
             TotalNests = allResults.Select(r => r.NestName).Distinct().Count(),
             ResultsReturned = limitedResults.Count,
             Results = limitedResults
-        });
+        };
     }
 
     private async Task<string?> GetNestPathAsync(string nestName, int? year = null)
diff --git a/PepApi.Core/Models/PartSearchResult.cs b/PepApi.Core/Models/PartSearchResult.cs
index 793787d..29a1c31 100644
--- a/PepApi.Core/Models/PartSearchResult.cs
+++ b/PepApi.Core/Models/PartSearchResult.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ public class PartSearchResult
     public required string Comments { get; set; }
     public int MaterialNumber { get; set; }
     public required string MaterialGrade { get; set; }
+    public required string MaterialDescription { get; set; }
     public double Thickness { get; set; }
     public DateTime DateProgrammed { get; set; }
     public DateTime DateLastModified { get; set; }
@@ -26,3 +27,19 @@ public class PartSearchResponse
     public int ResultsReturned { get; set; }
     public List<PartSearchResult> Results { get; set; } = [];
 }
+
+public class BatchPartSearchRequest
+{
+    public required List<string> SearchTerms { get; set; }
+    public string? Customer { get; set; }
+    public int? Year { get; set; }
+    public int LimitPerTerm { get; set; } = 100;
+}
+
+public class BatchPartSearchResponse
+{
+    public int TotalSearchTerms { get; set; }
+    public int TotalMatches { get; set; }
+    public int TotalNests { get; set; }
+    public List<PartSearchResponse> Results { get; set; } = [];
+}