In 1986, with implementation of a rural development project designed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Kuichi Soba no Kai was reorganized as the Sanbe Noodle Manufacturing Association with the newly constructed processing plant as it business base and, thus, that association is playing a key role in the buckwheat industry of the area.
1986年（昭和61年）農林水産省の山村振興対策事業を導入し「三瓶製めん類加工生産組合」に組織改編して拠点となる加工場を建設、蕎麦産業の中心的役割を果たしている。