NextPCB and Octopart Announce Strategic Partnership to Enhance Component Discovery for Engineers

SHENZHEN, China – February 27, 2026 – NextPCB, a leading provider of high-quality PCB prototyping and assembly services, today announced a new strategic partnership with Octopart, the world's leading search engine for electronic components. This collaboration marks a significant step in NextPCB's mission to streamline the hardware development cycle by integrating its extensive online inventory, HQ Online, with the Octopart platform.

Through this partnership, the vast database of HQ Online—currently listing over 1 million electronic components—will become searchable via Octopart's powerful engineering interface, providing a new competitive low-cost option for budget striken projects. This integration is designed to provide engineers and procurement specialists with a more comprehensive view of the global parts landscape, combining Octopart's robust parametric search capabilities with NextPCB's mature supply chain offerings.

The initial phase of this technical integration presents a unique starting point. Currently just under 300,000 of these parts are available for live search and sourcing data aggregation on Octopart. This initial scope represents the foundational building blocks of a much larger data-sharing pipeline between the two platforms.

Unlocking Supply Chain Advantages with HQ Online

For engineers and procurement teams, the integration with Octopart is more than just a parts search tool—it is a gateway to significant cost and speed benefits. Components sourced through HQ Online provide a competitive advantage even against other Asian distributors, by leveraging NextPCB's strategic relationships with suppliers and strong foundation in the Shenzhen supply chain, the Silicon Valley of Hardware. 

Furthermore, when these components are used in conjunction with NextPCB's assembly services, customers benefit from a streamlined turnkey PCBA process with lead times on par with domestic options. By selecting parts directly from HQ Online, the transition from design to fully assembled boards becomes faster and more efficient, eliminating lengthy sourcing and shipping delays and drastically reducing overall project timelines.

"Partnering with Octopart allows us to bring NextPCB's capabilities directly to the engineer's desktop during the critical component selection phase," said Hubert Hu, Head of Technology at NextPCB. "While we are in the early stages of this integration, the strategic alliance itself is just the tip of the iceberg. It lays the groundwork for a future where finding the right part at a lower cost and getting a product manufactured quickly is a seamless, unified experience."

As the technical integration progresses, NextPCB and Octopart are committed to increasing the number of available parts from the HQ Online catalog, ultimately aiming to make the full database of over 1 million components accessible to a global audience.

About NextPCB

NextPCB is a high-tech enterprise dedicated to providing one-stop PCB manufacturing and assembly services. Committed to quality and rapid turnaround, NextPCB serves thousands of innovators and businesses worldwide, helping to bring electronic products from concept to reality.

About HQ Online

HQ Online is NextPCB's comprehensive electronic component inventory platform, offering engineers and procurement professionals access to a vast catalog of genuine parts. With over 1 million SKUs listed, HQ Online combines competitive component pricing with seamless integration into NextPCB's turnkey assembly services. By streamlining the transition from component selection to finished PCBA, HQ Online helps customers reduce sourcing lead times and lower overall project costs.

About Octopart

Octopart, a part of Altium, is the leading search engine for electronic parts. Used by millions of engineers and procurement professionals, Octopart provides easy access to technical data, inventory, and pricing from hundreds of distributors and manufacturers, streamlining the component selection and sourcing process.