Onteco Corporation, ONTC, Subsidiary, NexPhase Lighting, Inc., Completes Milestone Testing for Its Linear LED Luminaire Series No. COV20BMB41.

MIAMI, Sept. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Onteco Corporation (OTC.QB: ONTC), (the "Company", or "Onteco"), announced today that its subsidiary, NexPhase Lighting, Inc. ("NexPhase"), a designer, developer and manufacturer of high efficiency, high quality LED intelligent lighting fixtures, has completed LM79 testing for its Linear LED Luminaire Series No. COV20BMB41. The completion of testing represents a significant milestone in terms of competitive advantage for NexPhase and the ability for customers to receive utility rebates for the purchase of its fixtures.

Ty Ramsey, COO of NexPhase, stated, "We have completed an important milestone in establishing our NexPhase products as clearly 'best of class' and well ahead of the competition. Today, we received testing completion notification from CSA, our independent LM79 testing lab, that our Linear LED Luminaire Series No. COV20BMB41, has successfully completed all LM79 testing. What this means is that our customers who order this product series can now take full advantage of the increasing number of utility rebate programs available in the marketplace. Such rebate programs, which are only available to lighting products rigorously tested by independent accredited laboratories, become an important sales and distribution tool for us, in that they springboard market awareness and acceptance, and thereby accelerate our revenue opportunities."

About Onteco Corporation

Onteco Corporation was founded to develop innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions to some of the most significant environmental challenges facing us today. Additionally, these solutions must show promise of generating significant, ongoing profits for the company. The company determined that one industry that meets these criteria is the Energy Saving Lighting Industry, and as a result acquired NexPhase Lighting, Inc., in February 2011.

Additional information about Onteco Corporation is available at: www.Onteco.com

About NexPhase Lighting, Inc.

NexPhase Lighting, Inc. is a designer and developer of proprietary high quality LED (light-emitting diode) lighting fixtures and control systems for commercial applications. It believes its products will be the lowest cost, highest efficacy fixtures available in the LED Lighting Industry.  All NexPhase lighting products incorporate its proprietary "NexSense Technology™", which provides benefits well beyond the generally acknowledged advantages of all other LED lighting fixtures.  NexSense control systems use a unique, "patent pending" wireless protocol, which provides for an unsurpassed reduction in architecture and infrastructure installation cost in commercial applications, as well as significantly reduced maintenance and ongoing operation costs.

For more information about NexPhase Lighting, Inc. visit: http://www.nexphaselighting.com  

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CONTACT:   Onteco Corporation
Dror Svorai, President, (305) 932-9795

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