Why are vaillant boilers lighter?

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Why are these boilers lighter than the comparable worcester bosch models?

Looking at the ecotec 831 and the 29CDI there is a ~10 kg weight difference between them. I hear vaillant uses a stainless steel heat exchanger vs worcesters aluminium, and steel is heavier than aluminium so... i don't really get how they managed to shave 10kg off the thing.
 
Wall mounting plate I guess accounts for some of the weight, Valiant just uses a small narrow bracket to hang their boiler, whereas Bosch uses a complete full size wall mounting plate for mounting the boiler.
 
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