Amid declining revenues, then-owner SPX Corp. put the plant up for sale after severe layoffs and downsizing had slashed local employee numbers to 240, down from a peak of 653 in 1989. Growth in recession DeZurik has expanded its Sartell workforce by 38 percent to 340 since 2004, even adding jobs through the Great Recession, with an average production worker hourly pay rate of $22, Korf reports.