Charcuterie & meat processing
Sausages, cooked and cured hams, bacon, smoked products, fermented and air-dried specialties.
German craftsmanship · Southeast Asian manufacturing
Christian
W.M. Kratzer
Regional Head of Charcuterie Business
I work where traditional meat craft, food technology and industrial manufacturing meet — developing products and production systems that are safe, repeatable and commercially relevant.
01 / Profile
Traditional craft is the foundation. Consistency, food safety and scale are what turn it into a manufacturing business.
Profile
Built on the factory floor.
I am a German Master Butcher and food technologist with decades of hands-on experience in charcuterie, meat processing, factory operations and product development in Southeast Asia.
My work has moved from traditional butcher craftsmanship into industrial production, factory leadership, technical consulting and regional manufacturing development. The common thread is practical: understand the product, understand the process, and make both work reliably at commercial scale.
Today I serve as Regional Head of Charcuterie Business at FOODSERVICE APME, supporting product development, manufacturing capability, technical standards and knowledge transfer across the region.
Expertise
What I work on.
Formulation through industrial execution.
Product development & scale-up
Formulation, localization, sensory targets, process design, troubleshooting and commercial scale-up.
Manufacturing systems
Process flow, equipment capability, production discipline, yield, repeatability and practical factory improvement.
Food safety & quality
Practical risk reduction for RTE production, environmental control, process verification and manufacturing hygiene.
Curing, fermentation & drying
Process control for colour, texture, flavour, pH, water activity, smoke and shelf-life performance.
Training & knowledge transfer
Hands-on technical training for production teams, customers, universities and food-industry partners.
Career
Craft → factory → regional leadership.
A long operating career, not a consultancy résumé.
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2026—Present
FOODSERVICE APME
Regional Head of Charcuterie Business
Regional development of charcuterie capability, manufacturing standards, product development and technical knowledge transfer across multiple markets.
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2025—2026
FPT Food Process Technology / FPS
Technology & manufacturing leadership
Application development, meat-processing technology, manufacturing support and technical consulting.
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1998—2025
Foodland Thailand
Master Butcher · Factory & production leadership
Long-term responsibility for meat production, charcuterie, product development, factory operations and technical team development.
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Germany
Fachschule des Fleischerhandwerks Augsburg
Fleischermeister · German Master Butcher
Advanced professional qualification in meat processing, production technology, quality, food safety and business practice.
Regional work
European craft. Asian production reality.
Based in Bangkok, with current technical and manufacturing work across Southeast Asia.
- ThailandManufacturing · NPD · training
- MalaysiaManufacturing · NPD · charcuterie
- SingaporeTechnical support · quality · innovation
- CambodiaManufacturing · product development
- VietnamFactory capability · process support
Selected public references
Independent record.
A few public sources documenting the work over time.
2026
FOODSERVICE APME management team
Current management listing: Head of Charcuterie Business.
2026
KMITL German-style meat processing session
Siam Food Services coverage of practical training in pork knuckle, bacon and German-style sausages.
2019
Stadtblatt Altötting — professional exchange
Contemporary German coverage identifying Christian Kratzer as Metzgermeister and plant manager of Foodland's meat factory in Bangkok.
2019
OVB — visit from Thailand
German industry coverage of a technical visit following IFFA Frankfurt.
2006
Pattaya Mail — Foodland Master Butcher
Early independent coverage documenting charcuterie and food-production work in Thailand.
Contact
Technical exchange.
Industry collaboration.
Professional networking.
For professional contact, technical exchange, training or speaking discussions, the best current channel is LinkedIn.
linkedin.com/in/christian-w-m-kratzer-0674b2304