Charcuterie & meat processing
Sausages, cooked and cured hams, bacon, smoked products, fermented specialties and air-dried products.
German craft · Industrial food technology · Southeast Asia
Christian
W.M. Kratzer
Regional Head of Charcuterie Business
FOODSERVICE APME
More than three decades in meat processing, charcuterie, product development and factory operations — from traditional butcher craft to repeatable industrial manufacturing.
Profile
Craft is the foundation.
Manufacturing discipline makes it scalable.
I trained in the German butcher trade and have spent most of my working life applying that foundation to commercial food manufacturing in Southeast Asia. The work has ranged from hands-on production and product formulation to factory leadership, technical consulting and regional development.
Today I lead charcuterie development for FOODSERVICE APME. My focus is practical: products must taste right, processes must be safe and repeatable, and solutions must work for the people who operate them every day.
Product quality must survive scale.
Food safety belongs in the process, not at the end of it.
Factory solutions have to work for operators.
Knowledge transfer is part of the job.
Selected focus
From formulation to factory execution.
Technical depth without losing sight of commercial reality.
Product development & scale-up
Formulation, localization, sensory targets, process design, troubleshooting and commercial scale-up.
Manufacturing improvement
Factory flow, equipment capability, yield, repeatability, process discipline and practical production improvement.
Food safety & quality
RTE risk reduction, environmental control, process verification, manufacturing hygiene and technical standards.
Curing, fermentation & drying
Control of pH, water activity, colour, texture, smoke, flavour development and shelf-life performance.
Training & knowledge transfer
Hands-on technical training for production teams, customers, universities and food-industry partners.
Career
Built over time, on the factory floor.
A continuous operating career in meat production and food manufacturing.
2026—Present
FOODSERVICE APME
Regional Head of Charcuterie Business
Regional product development, manufacturing capability, technical standards and knowledge transfer across multiple markets.
2025—2026
FPT Food Process Technology / FPS
Technology & manufacturing leadership
Application development, meat-processing technology, manufacturing support and technical consulting.
1998—2025
Foodland Thailand
Master Butcher · Factory & production leadership
Long-term responsibility for meat production, charcuterie, product development, factory operations and technical team development.
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.
- Thailand
- Manufacturing · NPD · training
- Malaysia
- Manufacturing · NPD · charcuterie
- Singapore
- Technical support · quality · innovation
- Cambodia
- Manufacturing · product development
- Vietnam
- Factory capability · process support
Selected public record
Independent references over two decades.
Public sources that document the work rather than simply repeat a résumé.
2026
FOODSERVICE APME management teamOfficial management listing: Head of Charcuterie Business.
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2026
KMITL German-style meat processing sessionSiam Food Services coverage of hands-on training in German-style meat products.
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2019
Stadtblatt Altötting — professional exchangeGerman coverage identifying Christian Kratzer as Metzgermeister and plant manager of Foodland's meat factory in Bangkok.
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2019
OVB — technical visit following IFFA FrankfurtIndependent German industry coverage of the Foodland delegation.
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2006
Pattaya Mail — Foodland Master ButcherEarly independent coverage documenting charcuterie work in Thailand.
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Contact
Professional exchange,
industry collaboration
and technical discussion.
For professional contact, industry networking, training or speaking discussions:
christian.wm.kratzer@gmail.com LinkedIn profile ↗ Bangkok · Thailand