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Chemical giant BASF Corporation is relocating its new Canadian agricultural headquarters to Calgary, a move the company says could result in up to 90 jobs for this city.

The company, which is the North American affiliate of Germany-based BASF SE, will transfer its Agricultural Solutions headquarters operations from its existing Mississauga, Ont., office as of Oct. 1, 2019. While BASF is still in the process of securing a specific location for the Calgary headquarters, spokeswoman Nicole McAuley said 60 people will work out of the office initially and it is expected that number will eventually grow to 90.

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“This includes team members from Mississauga, existing members of our team who are already based in Calgary, as well as some anticipated new hires,” McAuley said in an email.

The move comes on the heels of BASF’s acquisition of a range of nearly $9 billion worth of businesses and assets from another global heavy-hitter, Bayer, which was required by U.S. regulators to divest a number of its agricultural businesses as part of its purchase of Monsanto in 2017.