On February 01, 2011 the trial operation was finished and the tunnel kiln exit-traverser was put into full operation.
On December 21, 2010 the replacement of an tunnel kiln exit-traverser for a new one, supplied by KIP Brno, spol. s. r. o., was finished. After the functional tests and worker training in the company PD Refractories CZ a.s. Velké Opatovice, plant 03, Dinaska Svitavy, the traverser was put into trial operation. The delivery included technical documentation, a declaration of conformity and a testing protocol of a power distributor.
On December 13, 2010 KIP Brno and Cihelna Hodonín, s.r.o. signed.a contract for the delivery of wiring documentation of entrance- and exit- traversers, including delivery of control software, testing and activation. The kiln will be equipped with control room operating panels for monitoring operating conditions and defects of traversers.