An apparatus for forming bundles of glass articles, the apparatus (100,120) comprising: a glass article infeed station (102,126) adapted to provide glass articles to a conveying system (104,124), a conveyor of the conveying system comprises a first conveying track assembly and a second conveying track assembly that is spaced from the first conveying track assembly in a cross-conveying direction adapted to support the glass articles in horizontal orientations, that are moved by one or more motors, each of the first and the second conveying track assemblies (130, 132) comprising a respective continuous conveyor belt (134, 136) trained around a head pulley (138, 140) and comprising article retaining projections providing article retaining regions maintaining spacing between individual glass articles wherein the conveying system (104,124) is adapted to transport individual glass articles from the glass article infeed station to an insert building station; an insert infeed station comprising a plurality of layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46; 190), the conveying system comprises a robotic lift assembly which includes an arm and three spaced-apart retaining features (156,158,160) adapted to grasp and move the layer separation inserts (42,44,46) to three conveying areas (162,164,166) corresponding to the end and middle regions of the glass article layers where the layer separation inserts (42,44,46) reside and wherein insert pushers are adapted to push the plurality of layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46; 190) which are provided at each of conveying areas (162, 164, 166), toward the insert building station; and a bundle building station; wherein the conveying system is adapted to individually locate the glass articles within article receiving slots (50, 64) of the plurality of layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46; 190) one-by-one, wherein each slot (50, 64) of the plurality of layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46; 190) receives only a single glass article from a respective sectioned glass article retaining region of both of the respective continuous conveyor belts (134, 136) forming a glass article layer of side-by-side glass articles and wherein the glass article layer is moved along the conveying areas (162, 164, 166) to the bundle building station once the layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46) are filled; and the bundle building station comprises the robotic lift assembly adapted to stack the multiple glass article layers one on top of another including layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46; 190) forming a bundle within a shipping container, the layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46; 190) providing a barrier between adjacent glass articles of each of the glass article layers. a glass article infeed station (102,126) adapted to provide glass articles to a conveying system (104,124), a conveyor of the conveying system comprises a first conveying track assembly and a second conveying track assembly that is spaced from the first conveying track assembly in a cross-conveying direction adapted to support the glass articles in horizontal orientations, that are moved by one or more motors, each of the first and the second conveying track assemblies (130, 132) comprising a respective continuous conveyor belt (134, 136) trained around a head pulley (138, 140) and comprising article retaining projections providing article retaining regions maintaining spacing between individual glass articles wherein the conveying system (104,124) is adapted to transport individual glass articles from the glass article infeed station to an insert building station; an insert infeed station comprising a plurality of layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46; 190), the conveying system comprises a robotic lift assembly which includes an arm and three spaced-apart retaining features (156,158,160) adapted to grasp and move the layer separation inserts (42,44,46) to three conveying areas (162,164,166) corresponding to the end and middle regions of the glass article layers where the layer separation inserts (42,44,46) reside and wherein insert pushers are adapted to push the plurality of layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46; 190) which are provided at each of conveying areas (162, 164, 166), toward the insert building station; and a bundle building station; wherein the conveying system is adapted to individually locate the glass articles within article receiving slots (50, 64) of the plurality of layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46; 190) one-by-one, wherein each slot (50, 64) of the plurality of layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46; 190) receives only a single glass article from a respective sectioned glass article retaining region of both of the respective continuous conveyor belts (134, 136) forming a glass article layer of side-by-side glass articles and wherein the glass article layer is moved along the conveying areas (162, 164, 166) to the bundle building station once the layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46) are filled; and the bundle building station comprises the robotic lift assembly adapted to stack the multiple glass article layers one on top of another including layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46; 190) forming a bundle within a shipping container, the layer separation inserts (42, 44, 46; 190) providing a barrier between adjacent glass articles of each of the glass article layers.