Abstract The work studies the orientations regarding the recycling of the products from the industry of auto-vehicles parts and components, orientations that can provide solutions which permit to the enterprises producing auto components the efficient management of the related products and services during the whole life cycle of the products, from the conception phase to that of recycling. The new way of approaching the development of metallic auto products promoted in Romania will contribute to the boosting of the supply chain, will help the enterprises of the field to manage efficiently the change and to valorise in a higher extent the market opportunities. It is spotlighted the fact that only by perfecting the management of the life cycle of the products it can be obtained the harmonizing of the auto parts and components manufactured by the small and average enterprises into the matrix cost-quality imposed by the European market.